UPCOMING EXHIBITS

"Woman Sipping Coffee" was accepted into the 2008 Bay Area Annual
Oct,24 - Nov. 22 2008
Reception Oct. 24  7-9pm
Sanchez Art Center,  Pacifica
www.sanchezartcenter.org

 

PAST EXHIBITS

March 3, 2008-May 1, 2008
Fremont Hills Country Club
Los Altos Hills, CA.

May 1-June 15 2008
Solo Show of Oil Paintings
Little House Main Lobby
Menlo Park

Dec. 1, 2007- Jan. 1, 2008
San Mateo City Hall
Abstracts & Figures

2007,2004,2003,2002
Silicon Valley Open Studios

2006
Palace Cafe Solo show, Landscapes & Still Lifes,
"Large Works" Pacific Art League.

2005
"Faces & Figures" Pacific Art League (2nd place.)
Redwood City Main Library.

2004
"Summer Fun" Pacific Art League (2nd place.)

2002
Office of Dr. Moran, Woodside - solo show of landscape paintings.

2001
Tied House Restuarant, San Jose - solo show of landscape paintings.
Pitchetti Winery Art Show.
Runnymeade Art & Wine Auction.
Page Mill Winery Art Show.

2000
Mountain View City Hall.

My paintings hang on the walls of several private and public art collections.

Creating art is like traveling to a mountain range on the edge of a never ending desert.
I pass through heat waves, and mirages, painting myself into corners and breaking through the boundaries.  I dance to the music of light, and think that time might be a color.

If only I could create the human form in one muscular stroke, and capture the landscape with one swoop of a butterfly net. 

My art education as well as my outlook on life is basically a self-directed program. I began my artistic path in 1993 with a beginning drawing class at the Palo Alto Art Center, and from there I enrolled in art classes whenever and wherever I could, mainly at the Community Colleges, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto Art Center, and workshops with various artists. Lately it’s been the time I spend standing at my easel that I learn the most. For me, painting isn’t about a planned method for a predictable outcome, it’s the discoveries and the risk taking where I find the most fulfillment. 

Having a dance/competitive sports background, as well as having been a Massage Therapist for 20 years has given me an intuitive feel for the human form. I’m a physical painter. The more I can move, and dance around the canvas, the more connected I feel to the painting. I retired from my massage therapy business in 2003 to paint full-time.

I was born and raised in the SF Bay Area, and live in Redwood City with my husband, Joe and our dog, Tango.