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Galleries
  • William Zimmer Gallery, Mendocino
  • Prentice Gallery, Fort Bragg
  • Mendocino Art Center
  • Artist Cooperative of Mendocino
  • Solarium, Novato

Group Shows
  • Sunday Afternoon Watercolor Society, American Institute of Architects, San Francisco, 1989; California College of the Arts, 2005
  • Four Painters in France, Abramson Gallery, Mendocino Art Center, 1997
  • Relationships in Watercolor, Abramson Gallery, Mendocino Art Center, 2000
  • Art Etchers, Ink, Abramson Gallery, Mendocino Art Center, 2000
  • Four Play, Abramson Gallery, Mendocino Art Center, 2001
  • The Usual Suspects, What's Afoot Gallery, 2000-2003


Juried and Invitational Shows
  • Mendocino Art Center, Members Shows,1989-2006, Honorable Mentions 2001, 2002
  • Gualala Arts, Wet Paint; Best of 2005
  • In the Nude, Mendocino Art Center, 2000
  • The Naked Truth, Mendocino Art Center, 2001
  • Garden Show, Mendocino Art Center, 2001-2005
  • Stormy Weather, First Prize, Mendocino Art Center, 2002
  • Collectors Show, regional curator and exhibiting artist, Sonoma Museum of Contemporary Visual Art, 2002
  • Yosemite Renaissance, XVII (2002) and XVIII (2004), Honorable Mention and People's Choice, Yosemite Museum Gallery
  • Moved by the Land, Finley Community Center, Santa Rosa, 2002, 2003
  • Arizona Aqueous XVII, Tubac Center for the Arts, 2002
  • Marine National Wildlife Shows, 2004, 2005, First Place in Watercolor, 2004
  • Fort Bragg Center for the Arts, Members Show, First Prize, 1997
Professional Activities and Associations
  • Workshop Instructor, Mendocino Art Center and Gualala Arts
  • Artist in Residence, Yosemite National Park 2005-2006
  • Board of Directors, Mendocino Art Center, 1998-2004
  • Member, California Watercolor Association

Publications
  • Wild and Scenic Merced River, watercolor, in Yosemite National Park Report, 2000, Yosemite Restoration Trust
  • March of the Oaks, watercolor and ink, in Oaks 2003, California Oak Foundation

Education
  • Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees, UC Berkeley, Political Science
  • San Francisco Art Institute, drawing and painting classes
  • Art Workshops: George Post, Warren Zimmer, Barbara Nechis, Frank Webb
  • College of the Redwoods, art and creative writing classes





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