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ARTIST’S STATEMENT

My work draws upon a strong commitment to folk and contemporary art. The images I work with evolve from personal experiences, including observations of a broad range of landscapes and sacred settings that exist in various cultural traditions. Local ecological forms have become the genre for the subjective landscapes that are transformed into visual narratives. Certain types of imagery are a focus of attention; for example, geological forms as they exist in nature or have been manipulated and fashioned by a human hand.

The images are derived from realistic sketches, drawings, paintings or photos and reduced in the artistic process to their abstract essence while maintaining integrity of form, movement, and spontaneity.

The following paragraph focuses on the website category Wall Sculpture, presenting the viewer with an introduction to my work process.

Many of the wall-mounted sculptures are fabricated from heavy gauge aluminum. Individual modules of these sculptures frequently serve a dual purpose as printing plates in the traditional printmaking process, as well as incorporating them into the aforementioned individual sculptures. Each work became a melding of painting, drawing, printmaking techniques and sculpture. The metal sculptures reflect their surroundings and change as their ambient lighting conditions are altered.

ARTIST’S BIO

MFA in Visual Arts, University of California at San Diego, CA
Printmaking:
     Graphics Workshop, Santa Fe, NM
     College of Santa Fe, NM
     Mesa College, San Diego, CA
     Bay Park Press, Founding Member, San Diego, CA
Gallery Eight, Founding Member, non-profit Folk Art and Fine Art gallery, UC San Diego, CA
Studio Art Classes, Instructor, San Diego, CA, 22 years

SELECTED EXHIBITS

Medici Museum of Art, Regional Collectors: Inside Their Collections, January 15 – March 5, Warren, Ohio 2020
    Specific Gravity: in the collection of John Anderson
Pro Arts Open Studios, 2012 – 2019
Berkeley Artisans Holiday Open Studios, 2012 – 2019
East Bay Open Studios, 2012 -2019
Firehouse Art Co., Gilman District, Berkeley, CA 2012 – 2019
Nielsen Arts Gallery and Framing, Groups Exhibit, Albany, CA, 2017 – 2018
The Atrium at 600 Townsend, Two Person Exhibit, Mostly Metal, San Francisco, CA 2013
Memory & Aging Center, UCSF, Department of Neurology, One Person Exhibit, San Francisco, CA 2013
Jason Lee’s Design Studio, Two Person Exhibit, Oakland, CA 2011
4th St. Studio Gallery, One Person and Group Exhibits, Berkeley, CA 2008 – 2010
San Diego Central Library, One Person Exhibit, Rite of Passage, Administration Wing, San Diego, CA 2001 – 2005
    4 of the intaglio prints in permanent collection.
Athenaeum Music and Art Library, Group Exhibit, La Jolla, CA 2002
San Diego Public Library, Point Loma Branch, Group Exhibit, Point Loma, CA 2002
    Andalusian Landscape, in permanent collection
Earl & Birdie Taylor Library, San Diego CA
    Group Drawing Exhibit 2002
    Printmaking Group Exhibit 2001
    One Person Exhibit 2000
Michael Thompson Gallery, Group Exhibit, Printmaking, San Francisco, CA 1997
St. John’s College, Art Gallery, Two Person Exhibit, Santa Fe, NM 1997
Commerative Year, Juan Miro, Women’s Artists Invitational, Barcelona, Spain 1994
Galeria Matisse, One Person Exhibit, Barcelona, Spain
    4 works of art in permanent collection 1993
Wade Gallery, Two Person Exhibit, Los Angeles, CA 1990
Trumbull Art Gallery, One Person Exhibit, Warren, OH 1989
Nancy Lurie Gallery, Group Exhibit, Chicago, IL 1988
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, First San Diego Exhibition of Emerging Artists, La Jolla, CA 1985
Oakland Museum, California Ceramics and Glass Exhibition, Oakland, CA 1974