ARTIST'S STATEMENT
When I paint, I try to connect with a world of unplanned and unexpected inspiration. It's an exciting process for me, and usually joyous as I discover new ideas and resolve the challenges that are revealed.
When I paint, I try to connect with a world of unplanned and unexpected inspiration. It's an exciting process for me, and usually joyous as I discover new ideas and resolve the challenges that are revealed.
EDUCATION
- San Francisco Art Institute -- B.F.A. in Painting
Studied with Jack Jefferson, Sam Tchakalian, Robert Hudson, Tom Holland, Alvin Light, and Franklin Williams, among others. Worked primarily in acrylic on canvas. Also studied printmaking. - College of Marin, Kentfield, California -- Art Curriculum
Studied design, painting, drawing, and printmaking with faculty that included Marty Stoezel and Trune Bykle. - University of California, Berkeley -- B.A. in Sociology
- Menlo College, Menlo Park, CA -- A.A. degree
PERSONAL BIO
Born in Ohio, I moved to Southern California as a young child. I relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area for college, and have remained here most of my adult life.
I was always interested in art, but studied formally for the first time at College of Marin. One of my most influential experiences during that time was working on Christo's Running Fence in 1976. It expanded my definition of what art could be for the artist, collaborators, and viewers.
At the San Francisco Art Institute, I turned my focus to painting, and was privileged to work with some of the most well known Bay Area abstract expressionists of the time.
I continue to work in my home studio in Sonoma County, still primarily with acrylic, but also mixed media on paper, and more recently with oil on canvas.
Born in Ohio, I moved to Southern California as a young child. I relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area for college, and have remained here most of my adult life.
I was always interested in art, but studied formally for the first time at College of Marin. One of my most influential experiences during that time was working on Christo's Running Fence in 1976. It expanded my definition of what art could be for the artist, collaborators, and viewers.
At the San Francisco Art Institute, I turned my focus to painting, and was privileged to work with some of the most well known Bay Area abstract expressionists of the time.
I continue to work in my home studio in Sonoma County, still primarily with acrylic, but also mixed media on paper, and more recently with oil on canvas.