Education
2015 MFA Painting, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA 1983 BA Social Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA Selected Awards / Honors 2022 Pacific Art League’s 101st Anniversary Exhibit; First Place, Large Category 2020 Fusion Art 5th Annual Cityscapes Online Art Exhibition, Best in Show, Traditional Category 2018 Fusion Art 3rd Annual Cityscapes Online Art Exhibition, Fourth Place Award 2018 California Art Club, Northern Chapter, Jurers' Award 2017 Frank Bette Center, Honorable Mention 2017 Salmagundi Club New York, New Member Show, Second Prize 2016 Capitola Plein Air, Honorable Mention 2016 The Artist's Magazine 33rd Annual Art Competition, Finalist 2016 Art Muse Contest, Finalist, May 2016 Emerging Artist Category 2016 59th Stockton Art League at the Haggin Museum. Edward Ruhstaller Memorial Award , 2015 Academy of Art University, Honorable Mention 2011 American Impressionist Society, Signature Status 2009 American Impressionist Society, Honorable Mention 2008 Frank Bette Art Center. Honorable Mention 2007 Central Coast National Fine Art Competition. First Place 2007 American Impressionist Society, Honorable Mention 2007 Frank Bette Center. Honorable Mention, and House Award 2007 Menlo Art League. Best of Show Selected Solo Exhibitions 2016 Solo Show, "Street Scenes." Academy of Art University, San Francisco, 2010 deLorimier Winery, Geyserville, CA 2010 Plein Air Landscapes, Google Inc., Mountain View, CA Group Exhibitions 2024 Pacific Art League's 103rd Anniversary Exhibition and Fundraiser, Palo Alto, CA 2024. 93rd Annual Statewide California Landscape Exhibition 2024, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA. 2024 30th Annual Maritime Art Exhibition, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR 2023 102nd Anniversary Exhibition & Fundraiser, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA 2023 29th Maritime Art Exhibit at Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon 2023 American Society of Marine Artists 19th National Exhibition, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY; Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN 2022 California Art Club's California Dreaming , Curated by the Sea, Santa Cruz, CA 2022 Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, "LPAPA" Squared All Member Show, Laguna, CA 2022 Urban Landscape Juried Competition, Epperson Gallery, Crockett CA 2022 Pacific Art League's 101st Anniversary Exhibition and Fundraiser, Palo Alto, CA 2022 California Art Club Biennale: Celebrating California, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA 2022 Oil Painters of America’s Thirty-first National Exhibition, Steamboat Springs, CO 2022 18th Annual Best of Laguna Plein Air Painters, (LPAPA's), Art Show, online virtual gallery and auction sale, semi finalist. 2022 Excellence in Traditional Fine Art Competition; Winter Solace, California Art Club Virtual Gallery, Pasadena, CA 2021 91st Annual Statewide California Landscape, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz Art League, CA 2021 Scapes and Scope: Visions of the Land, Sea, and Urban Space at the Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA 2021 16th Annual Frank Bette Plein air Paintout and Sale 2021 27th Maritime Art Exhibition, Coos Art Museum and American Society of Marine Artists, (ASMA), Coos Bay, OR 2021 Oil Painters of America's 2021 Salon Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, GA. 2021 17th Annual Best of Laguna Plein Air Painters, (LPAPA's), Art Show, online virtual gallery and auction sale, semi finalist. 2020 15th International ARC Salon Competition, semi-finalist 2020 Fusion Art 5th Annual Cityscapes Online Art Exhibition. One of three best-in-show featured artists, month of July. 2020 Truckee Tahoe Airport, Truckee, CA 2020 90th Annual Statewide California Landscape Exhibition and Sale, Santa Cruz, CA 2019 Randy Higbee Gallery 6” Squared Exhibition and Sale, Costa Mesa, CA 2019 Juried Show sponsored by Stockton Art League, Goodwin Gallery, Stockton, CA 2019 26th Annual Maritime Art Exhibition at Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR. Co-sponsored by the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA) 2019 "Bay Area Parks: Outdoor Treasures," San Francisco Chapter of the California Art Club, Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, CA 2019 14th Annual Frank Bette Plein air Paintout and Sale 2019 89th Annual Statewide California Landscape Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz , CA 2019 San Francisco Chapter of the California Art Club presents "City By the Bay" at Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2018 23rd Annual Faculty and Alumni Fine Art Auction, Academy of Art University, San Francisco. 2018 American Society of Marine Artists 40th Anniversary Marine Art Invitational, Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC 2018 25th Annual Maritime Art Exhibition at Coos Art Museum, Bay, OR. Co-sponsored by the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA) 2018 OPA’s Salon Show Exhibition, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Traverse City, MI 2018 60th Juried Exhibition at The Haggin Museum sponsored by Stockton Art League, Stockton, CA 2018 San Francisco Chapter of the California Art Club presents "Art Between the Lines," Peninsula Art Museum, Burlingame, CA 2018 “AIS Impressions Small Works Showcase,” 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition, American Impressionist Society, Greenwich House Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio 2018 "Perspectives of the American Experience," American Women Artists Annual Master and Signature Members Show and National Juried Exhibition, Rockwell Museum, NY 2017 Randy Higbee Gallery 6” Squared Exhibition and Sale, Costa Mesa, CA 2017 American Society of Marine Artists Invitational at Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT 2017 "Golden State Splendor" with California Art Club at the Santa Paula Art Museum. Santa Paula, CA 2017 87th Annual Statewide California Landscape Exhibition 2017, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA 2017 ASMA West Regional Exhibition, Channel Island Maritime Museum (CIMM), Oxnard, CA 2017 "Expressions West," Juried Show, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR 2017 “WANDERLUST" 2017 Invitational Landscape Exhibition, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA 2017 'Serenity' exhibit at UCSF Women's Health Center, San Francisco, CA 2017 "AIS Impressions: Small Works Showcase" National Juried Exhibition, Costa Mesa, CA 2017 Salmagundi Club, New Member Show, New York NY 2017 22nd Annual Faculty and Alumni Fine Art Auction, Academy of Art University, San Francisco. 2016 Randy Higbee Gallery 6” Squared Exhibition and Sale, Costa Mesa, CA 2016 Capitola Plein Air, Juried Plein Air Event and Sale, Capitola, CA 2016 "Root to Bloom," Juried Exhibition at Principle Gallery, VA 2016 American Impressionist Society 17th Annual National Juried Exhibition at Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA 2016-18 17th National Exhibition of The American Society of Marine Artists, Muscarelle Museum, Williamsburg, VA. Traveling to Chesapeake Maritime Museum, MD; Art Academy Museum, MD; Quinlan Visual Arts Center in Gainesville, GA; Minnesota Marine Art Museum, MN; Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT 2016 "Making Waves, An Exploration of the Maritime World of Art," Invitational Show, Williamsburg Gallery, Williamsburg, VA 2016 59th Juried Exhibition at The Haggin Museum, sponsored by Stockton Art League, Stockton, CA 2016 "All Along the Sierra," Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA 2016 21st Annual Faculty and Alumni Fine Art Auction, Academy of Art University, San Francisco. 2015 Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA 2015 20th Annual Faculty and Alumni Fine Art Auction, Academy of Art University, San Francisco. 2014 “Italian Sojourn 2: Tuscany, Umbria, Rome and Venice,” Italian Cultural Institute, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA 2011 “A Century of Landscapes: Selections from the California Art Club,” California Historical Society, San Francisco, CA 2011 “Inaugural Exhibition of Paintings” by California Art Club Artists, Marston Restaurant,Valencia, CA 2011 “En Plein Air: Alameda and Beyond,” Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, CA 2011 Juried Exhibition, Fifth Annual “Less is More.” By California Art Club at Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA 2004-07 William Lester Gallery, Point Reyes, Marin, CA Commissions 2013 Winter scene commission, Lynn Bodfish 2017 Harbor Boat, Kim Banta Collections Carissa Ashman, Palo Alto, CA Catherine Ivy, Scottsdale, AZ Bill and Roswitha Trays, Rockport, MA Jack and Susan Austin Warner, Warner Foundation Professional Organizations American Society of Marine Artists Salmagundi Club California Art Club American Impressionist Society - Signature Member Oil Painters of America Publications 2017 Southwest Magazine, January Issue |
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