Art is a journey . . .
I enjoy creating in many different art mediums and styles. I tend to move back and forth between art projects...life is too short to stay with one medium.
Art has always been an important part of my life.
A journey rather than a destination.
Over the years, I've sold my work at art shows, galleries and open studio events. I've painted, printed, sculpted, created artists' books and dabbled with a variety of craft projects. Additionally, I've conducted workshops and painted murals. I've designed a greeting card line and an ornament line, judged and curated exhibits and operated my own galleries.
My greatest creative satisfaction came from operating the galleries. Promoting, displaying and selling the work of other artists is an art form in itself.
I have recently retired as an art retailer after more than twenty years as owner of Connextions Gallery, a Northern California contemporary art collective, with locations in Sausalito, St. Helena and Healdsburg and as a partner in The Artful Eye Gallery in Cloverdale.
Degrees & Art Studies...
Fine Art, Art History, Gallery Management - California State University at Sonoma
Directed and Individual Studies:
Painting & Exploration of Mixed Media- San Francisco Art Institute
Artists Books, Printmaking - William Dodgen/Moorpark College
Assemblage, Screenprinting - Robert Hall/Santa Barbara City College
Sculpture, Mold Making - Salvatore Pietro
Encaustic Workshops - Janet Joslin
Fused Glass Workshops - Libby Kirk
Directed and Individual Studies:
Painting & Exploration of Mixed Media- San Francisco Art Institute
Artists Books, Printmaking - William Dodgen/Moorpark College
Assemblage, Screenprinting - Robert Hall/Santa Barbara City College
Sculpture, Mold Making - Salvatore Pietro
Encaustic Workshops - Janet Joslin
Fused Glass Workshops - Libby Kirk
