ARTIST STATEMENT
EXHIBITION HISTORY
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Artist Statement -



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My paintings tell a story in pictures with images that are realistic, abstract, or a combination of both. In many paintings, I have mixed different elements together, i.e. architectural details with still life, giant plants with graphics, landscapes that are abstracted or images borrowed from art history with fabric designs. Its like a collage of mix and match that somehow all work together.

When realism is involved, I generally work from my own photos, either directly, or after they have been altered on the computer. The final version is then transferred onto canvas either by projection or drawn to scale, then painted in oils or water mixable oils. Abstract paintings might evolve spontaneously out of landscapes as I am painting them or from the very start with no preconceived notion, just an explosion of emotion in color.

Artist Exhibitions



SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2017 - The Arts Center of Greenwood, SC EQUINE
2013 - The Arts Center of Greenwood, SC, 3rd Annual Art of the Hunt
2013 - Southeastern Wildlife Exposition SEWE, Charleston, SC
201112 - Wells Gallery, Charleston Kiawah Island, SC
2009 - Art Off the Square Spirits in Stones Contemporary Gallery Sonoma, CA
20089 - Ethos Gallery, Truckee, CA
2006 - Anderson Miguel Fine Art, Healdsburg, CA
2005 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, CA
200345 - Anne Bradford Gallery at the Hotel Healdsburg, Healdsburg, CA
2001234 - Anne Bradford Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
2001 - 9.11 Sonoma County Artists Respond to the Events of Sept.11, Petaluma Arts Council, Petaluma, CA
2001 - Silver Stone Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA The Direction of Art. Invitational
200420001999 - Next Level Communications, Rohnert Park, CA.
1997 - San Diego Museum of Art, Artists Guild Jury Show.
1996 1997 - Valerie Miller Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA.Women in Art.
1995 - Valerie Miller Fine Art, Group Show.
1995 - ASID Designer Showcase House, Rancho Mirage, CA.
1994 - San Diego Museum of Art, Artist’s Guild Jury Show, Juror, Katherine Plake Hough, Curator, Palm Springs, Desert Museum.
1994 - Lyceum Theater Gallery, Third Annual Juried Exhibition San Diego Museum of Art Artist’s Guild.
1993 - Art Collector, San Diego, Morphological Expressions Solo
1990 - Retrospective Gallery, La Jolla, CA , Mythical Celebrations, Three Artists.
1990 - The Foster Art Center, San Diego Artists, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art.
1989 - San Diego Museum of Art, Artist’s Guild Open Juried Exhibition, Juror, Lita Albequrque.
1989 - Retrospective Gallery, La Jolla, CA.
1988 - National Congress of Art Design, Salt Lake City, Utah, Juror, H. T. Hopkins.
1987 - Gateway Center, NJ, Invitational.
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Artist Collections



COMMISSIONS, CORPORATE PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
British Airways, Concord Lounge, Bermuda First Class Lounge, Houston, TX
Buena Vista Palace Hotel, Buena Vista, FL
North Island Credit Union, San Diego, CA
Big Horn Country Club, Palm Desert, CA
The Marriott Hotel, Coronado, CA
Deloitte Touche, San Diego, CA
Sandpiper Technologies, Inc. Manteca, CA
Schurter Inc. Santa Rosa, CA
Opera Plaza, San Francisco, CA
Steppin Out Magazine, Fort Bragg, CA
Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates, CA
Beyers Costin, Santa Rosa, CA
Agilent Technologies, Santa Rosa, CA
Pam Merritt Sher, Hotel Healdsburg, Healdsburg, CA
Lisa Charlie Palmer, Healdsburg, CA
Laura Chenel, Sonoma, CA
Bruce Renae Perry, Papapietro Perry Winery, Healdsburg, CA
Ben Yolanda Papapietro, Papapietro Perry Winery, Healdsburg, CA
Price Family, San Diego, CA and many private collections.
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