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About Me
- I received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Mills College in 1980; where I was awarded a Catherine Morgan Trefethen Fellowship;
- I retired from teaching art at Sacramento City College in 2016 after 30 years as an Adjunct Professor of Art;
- My work is represented in many public and private collections;
- See Selected Exhibition Highlights for partial list of my solo and group shows;
- I am a recipient of several commissions from the Sacramento Arts Commission's Art in Public Places Program;
- My work can be seen in many Kaiser Permanente Hospitals in our region;
- Many articles have been written about my work; and
- I live in the Sacramento Delta on Grand Island where my studio is also located.
My Painting Practice
- "...I have to do the wrong thing in the right way." Greyson Perry
My style favors bold color, strong surfaces, and my own quirky sense of composition. Each painting demands it's own visual language and materials. It is through the act of painting itself, that I figure out what I'm trying to accomplish. There are many unplanned surprises to be uncovered! Over the course of my long career I have made many paintings, but I am always eager for the next one and then the next until I have a new series.
My Inspiration
As an active artist, I'm also an active viewer. Ideas for my own work can come from anywhere -- I never know what might inspire me. Painting is always a pathway to my subconscious, the well-spring of all of my work. I have always worked abstractly.