Purpose: 

My aim in art is to make a meaningful statement of subjects that interest me and to capture a moment in

    time by the use of light, color, and design to evoke the same response in the viewer that I have with the 

    fascinating things in life.

Education: 

Graduated with honors from the University of California at Berkeley with a B.S. degree. My first 

   experience with art came from a serious study and practice of photography during which many awards

   were won. 

Fine arts studies were at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, Ca., Diablo Valley College 

   and in private  schools of Thomas Leighton and Arthur Palmer in San Francisco, and with Jade Fon Woo. 

Further fine arts studies were taken in workshops with Rex Brandt, Robert Wood, Ted Goerschner, E. 

   John Robinson, Anita Wolf, Ann Templeton, Charles Movalli, David Millard, Sergei Bongart, Tom 

   Nicholas, Doug Dawson, and many others at the Jade Fon Workshops at Asilomar, California.

Exhibits: 

California State Fair, Sacramento.

Society of Western Artists Annuals, De Young Museum, and Hall of Flowers, San Francisco.

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento.

S.W.A. Invitational Exhibition at Rosicrucian Gallery, San Jose. Santa Cruz Statewide Exhibition.

Pastel Society of the West Coast Open Nationals, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 

   1998, 1999.

Pastel Society of America Open National Show, New York.

Also: many Bay Area regional shows, including Livermore, Pleasanton, Delta, Las Juntas, Diablo, Alamo-

   Danville and Valley Art Associations. 

Lodi Grape Festival

Alameda County Fair

Contra Costa County Fair

Awards: 

Elected signature member of the Society of Western Artists (S.W.A.).

Elected signature member of the Pastel Society of the West Coast. 

Received the J.W. Russell Award for portraiture at the SWA Annual at the De Young Museum in 1976.

Alameda County Fair, Merit Award, small format, 1987; Best of Class, small format, 1988. Silver Metal 

   1999,  2 Honorable Mentions 1999.

First Award, Pleasanton Art Association 1988, also Honorable Mention.

First Award, Diablo Art Association Open Juried Show 1988.

First Award, Alamo-Danville Artists Society 1988.

Second Award (Genre), Pastel Society of the West Coast National Open 1988

Board of Directors Award, Pastel Society of the West Coast 1991 National Open.

First Award (Landscape) Pastel Society of the West Coast Annual Member Show, Kaiser Center, Oakland 

  1989.

Many other awards at regional shows, too numerous to list. 

I was chosen to paint a portrait of General Vallejo for the Southern Pacific Railroad Golden Spike Exhibition in 1969. 

    The exhibition traveled for a year throughout the Western United States. Afterwards, the ¾ length life-sized portrait was purchased by the Vallejo family and donated to the State of California, where it now hangs permanently in the Vallejo Adobe Home in Petaluma, California.

I have been a guest demonstrator for numerous East Bay Art Organizations including Diablo, Oakland, Alamo-Danville,  Rossmoor, Valley, Livermore, Las Juntas, Art Inc., Hayward, Concord, El Cerrito, and Delta Art Associations. 

Extensive training and experience in portraiture has lead to private commissions.

Served as President of the Diablo Art Association.

Vice-President of the Alamo-Diablo Art Association.

Co-Juror for Gilroy Art Association.

Juror for Oakland Art Association.

Co-Juror for Society of Western Artists 42nd Annual Exhibit.

Co-Juror for El Cerrito Art Association 1992, 1993.

Awarded full scholarship to Scottsdale Artist School to study with Doug Dawson.

Technical Consultant for Pastel Society of the West Coast. 

Travels: 

In addition to many trips throughout many of the United States, travels have been made to Canada, Austria, Hungary, Greece, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Yugoslavia and Mexico. 

During a month-long stay in Paris, France and another month in the Provence, many sketches and paintings were completed. Attended sessions at L’Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris and also visited Monet’s Giverny.   

     The many sketches and photographs made during these numerous trips still serve as inspiration for many paintings.