2007:

November 3-4: Pence Gallery Artists Open Studio Tour, 10am - 4pm. Tickets through Pence Gallery - visit pencegallery.org

October: 3-artist group show, Solomon Dubnick Gallery

October 12: "Bucks for Ducks" Yolo Basin Foundation Annual Art Auction

Through September 30: "Landscapes: Rural and Urban Realities" Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara

September 1-15: "Art Odyssey" Pence Gallery Annual Art Auction

August 25: Village Feast, Davis Farmers Market Art Auction

July 28-29: Copia, Napa. “Discover Yolo County – Wine and Food Festival”

July: Group show, Solomon Dubnick Gallery

June: Private painting commissions

June through August: Featured artist photography, Sutter-Davis Hospital, Davis

June 2: Crocker Art Museum 29 th Annual Art Auction.

June 1 - July 7 : City of Folsom Gallery at 48 Natoma, group show. A new gallery; this is their first art show.

May: Seven Temporary Public Art Offerings this Spring.

Co-presented by the R.L. Nelson Gallery of UC Davis and the Davis Civic Arts Council.

May: Freehand, LA. Group show.

April: Briggs & Co. Solo exhibit.

March: Photography on display at Sutter-Davis Hospital, Davis

March: Women Artists of Yolo County, Yolo County Arts Council sponsored art exhibit, Erwin Meyer Administration Building, Woodland CA.

March: The Artery debut.

February: R.L. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, Annual Art Auction.

2006:

October 21 - November 18: Clay and Fiber, annual exhibit, Freehand, Los Angeles.

September 16: Art Auction, Pence Gallery. Previewing Sept 1-16.

September: "What I Did (over summer vacation)," International House, Davis. Artist's reception: Friday, Sept 8.

July: Photography at Five Figs Couture, Davis.

July 6 - Aug 11: "Flatlanders: A Regional Roundup." R. L. Nelson Gallery, UCDavis.

June 3: Crocker Art Museum Annual Art Auction and Big Names, Small Art. Preview May 22 - June 3.

May - June: Working on a large painting commission for Center for Companion Animal Health, at School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis. See News for more info >>

April 19 - May 28: "Point Of View," Pence Gallery, Davis.

February 11: R. L. Nelson Gallery, UCDavis, annual Art Auction.

February 7 - March 4: Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, "Director's Choice."

2005:

July 6 - August 21: Sacramento Valley Landscape Painters annual exhibit and conference, John Natsoulas Gallery. Artists' reception July 23, 7pm – 9pm.

May: Freehand, 25th Anniversary show

April: John Natsoulas Gallery, solo exhibit

Jan 6 - Mar 27: Blue Hills Gallery, Winters

Jan 5 - 30: John Natsoulas Gallery, group show

Artist’s Statement

I strive to create simple, but compelling images in such a way that we see the commonplace anew. I often choose “simple” scenes that when drawn or painted will leave room for the play of the materials, in most cases soft pastels, sometimes acrylic or oil paint. I also look for lighting conditions—seasons, times of day, etc., that might have emotional appeal. Choosing the right scene also involves assessing the formal elements within the scene so that the finished composition has something graphically compelling about it.

Using a camera to capture a view has been a very helpful part of my process. After I photograph a scene, I work with the image in the computer to bring out what seem to be the most appealing qualities of that view, letting my responses interpret the image as well.

Bio

I received my first oil painting lessons as a young girl from my artist grandmother. Later, I enrolled in art classes at Santa Barbara City College, planning to go on to UCSB when I finished up. But I got distracted by weaving and clothing design, and instead opened a weaving design studio in Sacramento. My work was featured in publications, on television and in motion pictures. After 25 years of maintaining a handweaving and clothing design business I needed a change. So, in the last 4 years I have returned to my long-held dream of painting and drawing.