Artist Statement
People watching and environmental concerns compel me to
express human emotions and nature's conditions in my art. I
aim to capture daily life dramas in steel or copper, by
cutting, shaping and welding into expressive sculptures and
reliefs. There is a challenge and toughness to working with
metal, with its blast of sparks, and balance of success with
danger. Metals may require brute strength or power tools to
form their shapes, and chemicals to alter their surfaces,
but my quest is to expose the essence of a character or an
experience in time, forever.
Education
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI -- B.A.
Psychology
Fielding Institute, Santa Barbara, CA --studies, Psychology / Business
College of Marin, Kentfield, CA -- Art, Design, Sculpture,
Fiber sculpture programs
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA – Metal
Sculpture
Affiliations
Fiber Dimensions
EDGE Art Group
PLEXUS Art Group
Marin Society of Artists
Marin Arts Council
Public Art
Marin Art & Garden Center, "Tree of Tears," permanent
installation, Ross, CA 2009
Obelisk commemorating San Anselmo history, participant, San
Anselmo, CA 2005
Exhibitions
2011
US Art in Embassies Program, Zambia, Africa 2011 - 2013
Ritter Center, Art Houses of Marin, San Rafael & Mill
Valley, CA
Collective Actions, Marin Community Foundation,
Novato, CA
Sustainability, Union Bank Building HQ,
San Francisco, CA
Can Do, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Gymboree, 500 Howard St. San Francisco, CA
Hats for Hope, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA
FD By the Bay, Bay Model, Sausalito, CA
Re: Value, PLEXUS Art Group, Falkirk Cultural Center,
San Rafael, CA
POP ART, Marin Arts Council, San Rafael, CA
Hats for the Cure, Oshman JCC Palo Alto, CA
National Juried Show, Falkirk Cultural Center, San
Rafael, CA
EDGE, Redwood Foyer, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, CA
Can Do, EDGE Art Group, Falkirk Cultural Center, San
Rafael, CA
2010
San Francisco Officer’s Club, Intersections V, Fiber
Dimensions
Juror & Exhibitor - Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival,
CA,
ACCI Gallery Arts and Crafts Cooperative, Inc,
National
Exhibition
Juried by Maria Medua
Marin County Fair Fine Arts Exhibition
ACCI Gallery, Fiber 2010, Berkeley, CA
Zero Breast Cancer’s Honor They Healer, Mill Valley,
CA
Falkirk Cultural Center, 2010 Annual Exhibit, Juried
by Donna Seager San Rafael, CA
Doug Adams Gallery at Bade Museum, Muse/Reuse: Visual
Reflections on Sustainability, Pacific School of
Religion, Berkeley, CA
Sanchez Art Center, 1 in 100: America Behind Bars,
Pacifica, CA
PariSoma, Waste Knot, San Francisco, CA
2009
Arts Guild of Sonoma, Artists Holiday Invitational,
Sonoma CA,
Fort Mason, Green Dimensions, San Francisco
Falkirk Cultural Center, fiber/Dimensions, San
Rafael, CA
Marin County Fair Juried Fine Arts Exhibit, Terra
Linda, CA
Marin Society of Artists, featured artist in May
Studio 333, Artists’ Open Studios, Sausalito, CA
Marin Civic Center, Marin Arts Council, San Rafael,
CA
Berkeley Art Center, Annual Showcase, Berkeley,
2008
Arts Benicia,
EDGE,
Benicia, CA
Smith Ranch Gallery, fiber/Dimensions, San Rafael,
CA
ACCI Gallery,
EDGE Art Group,
Berkeley, CA
Marin County Fair Juried Fine Arts Exhibit, Terra
Linda, CA,
2007
Marin Arts Festival,
Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, CA
ACCI Gallery, Recovery, Berkeley, CA
Marin County Fair Juried Fine Arts Exhibit, Terra
Linda, CA,
2002 – 2006
Herbst International Exhibition Hall,
Presidio: fiber/Dimensions
Intersections III,
San Francisco CA
Pence Gallery, fiber/Dimensions at Pence, Davis, CA
Artisans Gallery, Absolutely Abstract Exhibit, San
Rafael, CA
Marin Society of Artists, Open Sculpture & Crafts,
Ross, CA
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Buzz, Mill Valley, CA
California Ceramic Artists Annual Exhibits, Davis, CA
Art of Politics Juried Exhibit, Democracy For America,
Sausalito,CA College of Marin Gallery, Fine Arts Exhibits,
Kentfield, CA
Marin County Fair Juried Fine Arts Exhibit, Terra
Linda, CA
San Francisco Art Institute, Diego Rivera Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
