My work is created on cotton rag paper, using watercolor, gouache, acrylic and pastel.  The combination helps me achieve a print-like quality that would be less likely with a single medium.  I begin by applying multi-layers of watercolor or acrylic to obtain a richness of color as my background, and then let process dictate the direction for further play, creating abstract images.  I have cultivated a style that emphasizes color and contrasts.  My inspiration comes from nature.  I think of my work as abstract realism.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2009

• "Quiet Revery", Sticks Framing, Berkeley,  November

• Fall Open Studios, Workspace Ltd., Curated by Maria Medua, San Francisco, October

• "From Our Studios", Curated by Myong Stebbins, Richmond Art Center, June 9 - July 20

•  Spring Exhibition, Workspace Ltd., Curated by Sharon Reaves, San Francisco, April

2008

• Fall Exhibition, Workspace Ltd., Curated by DJ Harmon, San Francisco, October

•  "Artsoup",  Bayshore Studios,  San Francisco,  August - September

• Mission Open Studios, San Francisco, April

• Big Pagoda Company, San Francisco, January - March

• "Emergence" 2223 Market, San Francisco, January

2007

• "East Meets West: Eastern Influence on Western Art and Culture", ArtworkSF Gallery, November  

• UCSF Center for Reproductive Health, August

• "Sacred Spaces", Nectar Wine Gallery, Burlingame, June

• Gallery One, San Francisco Embarcadero Plaza, ArtSFest, May

• Mission Open Studios, Workspace Ltd., Curated by Matt McKinley, May

• San Francisco Design Center, January - March

2006

• Four Galleries Auction, Larkin Street Youth Center, San Francisco, September

• Fall Exhibition, Workspace Ltd., Curated by Marion Parmenter, San Francisco, October

• Members Exhibition, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, September - November

• "12 X 12", Triton Museum of Art, Rose Shenson Community Art Gallery,  Santa Clara,  July

• "Celebration of the Arts", ArtSFest Spectra Ball, San Francisco, April

2005

• "Premiere!", Workspace Ltd., San Francisco, October

• "Bay Area Landscapes" Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, June

• "Melt", Art Explosion, San Francisco, April

• "Sneek Peek", Mission Arts Gallery, San Francisco, January

2004

• "Haight Ashbury Holiday Art", Whitney Young Cultural Center, Curated by Rik Livingston, December

• "Saturated", Optical Underground, San Francisco, September

• "Plein Air", Maison L'Art Vivant, Soreze, France, June

•"Thirst", Curated by Fain Hancock and Lea Feinstein, The Hollis Project, Emeryville, January

EDUCATION

Sonoma State University,  BA Philosophy, 1997

CONTINUING EDUCATION

• The Richmond Art Center, 2006 -Current

• South of France Drawing Workshops, Assistant to Diane Olivier, Moux, France,    

          June and July, 2002-2007

• The Painting Experience, Tiburon, California and Portland, Oregon, 2005-2006

• Fogbelt Studios, San Francisco, April and October 2005

• Taking the Leap, Business Course for Professional Artists, Emeryville, 2003-2004