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current representation & upcoming events:

SAPERE ART STUDIO & GALLERY, Arroyo Grande, CA  now open!  (more info soon)

Studios in the Park, Paso Robles, CA

California Kiteboarding, Pismo Beach, CA

Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

The Dalles Art Center, The Dalles, OR

Lorang Fine Art Gallery, Cascade Locks, OR

Collage of the Gorge, White Salmon, WA

exhibition history overview: (selected juried, invitational, or solo shows)

Studios in the Park, Paso Robles, CA:  group invitational exhibition

Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR:  nine juried shows & two invitational exhibitions

The Dalles Art Center, The Dalles, OR:  seven juried shows & one invitational exhibition

Ft Vancouver Regional Library, Stevenson, WA:  six juried shows

Oswego Lake Gallery, Portland area, OR:  two invitational exhibitions

The Avenue Gallery, Stevenson, WA:  two invitational exhibitions

Southwest Washington Watercolor Society, Vancouver, WA:  two juried shows

Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum, Stevenson, WA:  solo exhibition

The Gorge White House, Hood River, OR:  solo exhibition

Maryhill Museum of Fine Art, Maryhill, WA:  group invitational exhibition

Art Festivals:  13 juried fine art festivals

Fundraising Event participation:  nine events in Oregon, Washington, California & Mexico

workshops, awards, publications, affiliations & commissions:

instructor of painting in watercolor, pastel, acrylic & oil to adults since 2005
11 awards and five regional publications
founding member of groups:  Columbia Gorge plein air and Stevenson art critique

I am fortunate to have been commissioned to do many paintings of people, pets, homes,
businesses, orchards, vineyards, other landscapes, horses and people recreating.  
My work hangs in private and corporate collections in the US, Canada, Mexico and Bermuda.

 

education:

I am mostly self-taught plus I've taken selected workshops.  My teachers & inspiration include:  Judith Cunningham, Ellen Dittebrandt, Kenn Backhaus, Jack Pardue, Susan Ogilvie, Marla Baggetta, Marcia Burtt and the many fine artists who authored the art books I consume with a voracious appetite, noteably Robert Henri, Kevin MacPherson, Richard McKinley & Richard Schmid.   I seek to keep  my work fresh and growing and look forward to a lifetime of learning and practicing art. 

BS Environmental & Systematic Biology, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
AA General Education & Art, Chaffey College, Alta Loma, CA