Artist’s Statement:
People watching has turned into a need for me to express, with my art, the range of emotions and conditions I see, as each person deals with daily events and dramas. As those feelings evolve, I try to capture them permanently, in metal. My Entropy series reacts to our society, our environment, and to cultural values put on trial. As I translate ideas into art forms, I aim to promote awareness, or plant seeds for reflection and change.
Being born and raised in horse country in Michigan, I grew up living close to nature. Trees, gardens and animals were part of everyday life and my earlier art reflects that close connection. I graduated Michigan State University in Psychology and continued with graduate studies in Business and Psychology after moving to California, where I worked in the business world, developing management teams and resolving conflicts in large organizations. This focus on how people react and relate continues to drive the content of my recent art.
Education:
Michigan
State University, East Lansing, MI --
B.A., Psychology
Fielding
Institute, Santa Barbara, CA -- graduate
studies Psychology/Business
College of
Marin, Kentfield, CA -- Art, Design,
Sculpture, Fiber sculpture programs
San Francisco
Art Institute – Metal Sculpture 2006
Publications:
Advanced Art Critique, College of Marin
text, 2005-06
Who's
Who in America, various editions 1970s &
‘80s
Affiliations:
Marin Arts Council, Fiber Dimensions, EDGE, Plexus, Berkeley Arts Council, &
Marin Society of Artists.
Gallery
Representation:
Kinion Fine Arts, Hozho
Center, Sedona,
AZ.
Public Art:
Obelisk commemorating San Anselmo History, participant, CA 2005
Marin Art & Garden Center, “Tree of Tears”, permanent installation, Ross CA 2009
Selected Exhibitions:
Juror and Exhibitor: Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, CA, September 2010
ACCI Gallery,National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley, CA 2010
Zero Breast Cancer, Honor They Healer, Mill Valley, CA 2010
ACCI Gallery, Fiber 2010, Berkeley, CA, April - May 2010
Falkirk Cultural Center, 2010 Annual Juried Exhibit, San Rafael, CA 2010
Doug Adams Gallery at Bade Museum, Muse/Reuse: Berkeley, CA 2010
Sanchez Art Center, 1 in 100: America Behind Bars, Pacifica, CA 2010
PariSoma, Waste Knot, San Francisco, CA 2010
Arts Guild of Sonoma, Artists Holiday Invitational, Sonoma CA, 2009
Fort Mason, San Francisco, Green Dimensions, 2009
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA, fiber/Dimensions, 2009
Marin Society of Artists, featured artist May 2009
Marin Civic Center, Marin Arts Council, San Rafael, 2008 - 20009
Berkeley Art Center, Annual Showcase, Berkeley,2008 - 2009
Herbst International Exhibition Hall, Presidio, San Francisco: Intersections 4, 2008
DISH Cafe, Presidio, San Francisco, fiber/Dimensions Cafe Show
Presidio Social Club, San Francisco, fiber/Dimensions Cafe Show
DiRosa Preserve, Napa, CA, Slideslam 2008
Smith Ranch Gallery, San Rafael, CA, fiber/Dimensions 2008
ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA, EDGE Art Group at ACCI 2008
Marin Art Festival, San Rafael CA, 2007
ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA, Recovery: Man over Matter 2007
Marin County Fair Fine Arts Exhibit, Terra Linda, CA, Awards, 2004 - 2009
Herbst Hall,Presidio, San Francisco: fiber/Dimensions: Intersections 3, 2006
Pence Gallery, fiber/Dimensions at Pence, Davis, CA Spring 2006
Artisans Gallery, Absolutely Abstract Exhibit, San Rafael, CA 2006
San Francisco Art Institute, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, 2006
Marin Society of Artists, Open Sculpture & Crafts, Ross, CA 1998 - 2009
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Buzz, Mill Valley, CA 2005
California Ceramic Artists Annual Exhibits, Davis, CA 2004, 2005
Art of Politics Exhibit, Democracy For America, Sausalito, CA 2005
College of Marin Gallery, Kentfield, CA 2002, 2005 |
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