Plein Air and Studio Paintings featuring scenes of California, France, Italy, Montana and Wyoming

Memberships and Distinctions over the years: Descanso Gardens Art Gallery California Art Club President 1995-1997, Verdugo Hills Art Association Artist of the Year 1997-1998, Verdugo Hills Art Association Commission to paint original oil painting for Mayor of La Canada, 2007 Commision to paint original painting (“Jewel of the Crown City”) for Podley Real Estate 2015 Selected and Juried Exhibits: Descanso Gardens Featured Artist exhibits, 1999-2015 Descanso Gardens Solo Exhibit at Heritage Art Gallery, April-May 2011 and 2014 Montrose Annual Art Walk exhibiting artist 2004-2014 United Craftsman, Big Bear, featured artist 2004-2013 Segil Fine Gallery Shows, 2005- 2013 Lanterman House, La Canada, Group Exhibit 2004-2015 La Canada Library Annual Local Artists Exhibits: 2000-2010 City of Sierra Madre Art Walk artist 2002, 2013, 2015, 2016 Ryman Arts Annual Exhibit and Fund Raiser, 2010 -2014 Circle of Care, 2010, 2011 Gale’s Restaurant annual exhibit, 2008-2010 Galeria Gitana, Urban Landscapes, Group Shows, 2009, 2010, 2011 Featured Artist in Descanso Rose Garden Plein Air event -April 2009, 2010, 2011 Segil Fine Art Holiday Red Ribbon Juried Exhibit, December, 2009 Descanso Gardens Featured Artist Holiday Group Exhibit, December 2009 Galeria Gitana, San Fernando at 100 years, 2011 Solo Art Exhibit Gale’s Restaurant, June, 2009 Dreams on Canvas-juried event May 2008, 2009 Segil Fine Art Spring Show-April 2009 Mach 1 juried group exhibit, May 2009 Jose Vera Fine Art and Antiques 3-person Southern California Plein Air Exhibit Oct.-Dec. 2008 Gale’s Restaurant. Solo exhibit, August-September, 2008 Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden featured artist 2008 Country Classics, Montrose, featured artist 2007, 2008, 2009 Featured Artist in Descanso Gardens Art Gallery at the Market Place- Showcase House, 2007 Featured Artist in First Annual “Art Along the Trails”, benefit for preservation of local open spaces, La Canada, CA, 2007 Segil Fine Art Gallery, Monrovia, Solo Exhibit 2005, 2008 Henley Gallery, Chapman University: Solo Exhibit 2002 Ebell Club of Los Angeles: Solo Exhibit 2002 Penelope's Gallery, Books and Cafe, La Canada: Solo Exhibit 2001 Pasadena Presbyterian Church Annual Spring Show: 1999-2002 San Gabriel Fine Arts Gallery: 1996-2001 Verdugo Hills Art Club Art Exhibits Publications: Cover art for Los Angeles County Department of Public Works Education: UCLA, Bachelor of Arts University of La Verne, Masters of Education Barnsdall Art Center, Los Angeles California Art Institute, Westlake BMAI, Montrose LA Academy of Figurative Art, Los Angeles Workshops/Classes: Karl Dempwolf Linda Doll Arthur Egeli Nathan Fowkes David Gallup Margot Lennartz Wei Lo Vic Riseau Martha Saudek Frank Serrano Alfred Tse

Influences: the French Impressionists, as well as the Early California Impressionists: Sam Hyde Harris, Hanson Puthuff, Edgar Payne, William Went, and John Gamble. Contemporary Artists: Margot Lennartz, Karl Dempwolf, Martha Saudek, Arthur Egeli, and Wei Lo, Tim Tien and Frank Serrano. My painting career began with art classes in life drawing at Barnsdall Art Center. Since I started painting in earnest in the 1970s, my love of art has included painting in watercolor, acrylic and oils. Currently, I paint primarily in oils, often out of doors where I select the elements of a captivating scene that best express the mood I want to convey. I must work quickly to capture the ever-changing light effects. It is this highly creative process that I find most rewarding and challenging. I often use my plein air work as studies for larger oil paintings done in my studio. Also, I use flowers from my garden and objects from my collection of family treasures to create sensitive still life paintings.

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