About

My first memory of becoming an artist is getting into trouble in first grade for trying to color a picture holding two crayons at a time; but, it got better after that, and I was encouraged to pursue my passion by my junior high school art teacher.

As a teenager, I learned landscape photography from my father in the Adirondack Wilderness using a vintage, Kodak Retina, and an Olympus OM-1.

At Denison University, I had the privilege of studying printmaking with the very innovative, Mary Kay Campbell; and painting with George Bogdanovitch, who had studied under abstract expressionist, Hans Hoffman; and Allan Kaprow, a pioneer in performance art.

My appreciation for photography as a fine art form continued during an internship at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York. It is the oldest museum dedicated to photography and holds one of the largest collections of photographic images in the world.

I am currently photographing the exquisite landscapes of the West Coast, painting, and teaching visual arts--with the hope of inspiring the next generation of artists to pursue their dreams.

My paintings, prints and drawings are currently exhibited in select shows and galleries in the United States.

RECENT EXHIBITIONS & PUBLICATIONS:

HOLIDAY FOR THE ARTS SHOW & SALE. Benefit show for the Olive Hyde Art Gallery and visual art projects in the Fremont community and schools.
Friday Night Gala: October 21, 5:30pm - 9pm
Show & Sale: Saturday & Sunday, October 21 & 22

PROJECT MINI ART. 40 artists will decorate 5″ x 5″ canvases, which will be sold for $35 each during the show weekend. All proceeds will go to the Scholarship fund.

SMALL ART - BIG TALENT. Las Laguna Art Gallery, August 2022

ECOTHEO COLLECTIVE JOURNAL. Fallen Oak was featured in the quarterly issue of The EcoTheo Collective’s Journal. 2022

OLIVE HYDE ART GALLERY. Members Juried Show, Fremont, CA 2021

PASS THE PIECE: A COLLABORATIVE MAIL ART PROJECT. Sojourn Arts, Louisville, KY June 2021

WORKS OF HOPE. Hope Hospice & Health Services in Dublin, CA. 2020

HIDDEN TREASURES, LOCAL TALENT. Fremont, CA 2019

OLIVE HYDE ART GALLERY. Fremont, CA 2019

ANNUAL ART SHOW - SF BAY AREA CREATIVES. Belmont, CA 2018

UNICEF Next Generation Art Party. Los Angeles, CA 2018

RADICAL DISRUPTION. Twin Pines Art Center, Belmont, CA 2017

UNICEF Next Generation Art Party. Los Angeles, CA 2017

MEMBERSHIPS:

CANTOR ARTS CENTER, Stanford University, Ambassador

OLIVE HYDE ART GUILD, Fremont, CA, Patron

CIVA, Christians in the Visual Arts