ABOUT MY WORK
As a painter and a poet, I’m interested in the overlaps of past and present experience and memory. Whether I begin with a model, a photograph, or mark-making, painting leads me to these places.As a result, my work moves between abstraction and representation. In my more figurative paintings, I prefer to include only hints of narrative, and in all my art, I'm drawn to the archetypal more than the individual.Working primarily in oils, cold wax, and acrylics, I paint to connect my experience with that of others.
ABOUT ME
Born in Georgia, and raised in Louisiana, I’ve spent much of my adult life in the San Francisco Bay Area.Although for years, I'd admired others’ art work, I always thought of myself as a word person. An intense MFA program in writing poetry helped me realize I was reaching for a visual, pre-word experience. So, I fell in love with brushes and color and painting.
RESUME
Selected Exhibitions
Silicon Valley Open Studios, May 14-15 (Menlo Park) & May 21-22 (Cupertino), 2022."Dart for Art," LymeLight Foundation, Hillsborough, CA. March 18, 2022."17th Annual Womens' View Art Show," Caldwell Gallery, San Mateo County Center, Redwood City, CA. March 1 - April 29, 2022."100th Anniversary Exhibition," Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. November 5, 2021 - January 24, 2022."Unprecedented," Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA. May 1 - June 13, 2021."Members' Show" (virtual), O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA. December 14, 2020 - January 25, 2021."99th Anniversary Show" (virtual), Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. November 2020."SVOS Virtual Exhibit and Sale Benefitting Second Harvest of Silicon Valley," Silicon Valley Open Studios, October 15 - November 29, 2020."Driven to Abstraction," Vargas Gallery, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA. January 24 - February 29, 2020."98th Anniversary Show," Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. November 1 - 26, 2019."Close to Home," Atherton Arts Foundation, Atherton, CA. September 21, 2019."Bay Area Women Artists," O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA. August 1 - 29, 2019."Abstraction," Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. June 7 - 26, 2019.Silicon Valley Open Studios, Menlo Park, CA. May 4 - 5, 2019."California," Los Altos Public Library, Los Altos, CA. April 1 - 30, 2019."Student and Faculty Art," Community School of Music and Arts, Mohr Gallery, Mountain View, CA. March 29 - May 17, 2019."Women's Art Show," Caldwell Gallery, San Mateo County Center, Redwood City, CA. March 4 - 30, 2019."Members Show," Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. March 1 - 28, 2019."Bay Area Masters," Peninsula Museum of Art, San Mateo County Event Center, CA. June 9 - 17, 2018“Fresh Works,” Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, CA. April 28 – June 2, 2018Silicon Valley Open Studios, Menlo Park, CA. May 5 - 6, 2018“Landscapes, Seascapes & Cityscapes,” Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. October 6-26, 2017Keller Williams Invitational Solo, San Carlos, CA. Sept 17 - Oct 17, 2017“Take Two,” The LightRoom, Berkeley, CA. Sept 11 - Oct 6, 2017“Figures and Faces,” Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. May 5-25, 2017Silicon Valley Open Studios, Menlo Park, CA. May 6-7, 2017Artists in the Spaces, Spaces, Menlo Park, CA. December, 2016“Landscapes,” Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. October, 2016“Politics (Not) As Usual,” Branner Spangenberg Gallery, Redwood City, CA. September, 2016Silicon Valley Open Studios, Menlo Park, CA. May, 2016“Nothing Is Here; Dada Is Its Name,” Branner Spangenberg Gallery, Redwood City, CA. April, 2016“The Language of Abstract Painting,” Cabrillo College, Soquel, CA. June, 2014“Exploring the Modern and the Abstract,” Stanford University, Gates Building. May, 2014