Bio & CV
Education:
MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, 1991
BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, 1988
Exhibitions:
2022 Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA "O-O, Omphalos, & Others" (One-person show)
2021 Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA "Hiatus" (One-person show)
2019 Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA (Group show)
2018 Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA "Red" (Group show)
2018 Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA “Rumination or Ruination” (One-person show)
2017 Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA “Affordable Art Bazaar” (Group show)
2017 Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA “These Elegies” (One-person show)
2016 Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA “Returning Members” (4-person group show)
2012 Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA (Group show)
2012 Fresno Art Museum, 50th Anniversary Exhibition of Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA
2011 Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA (Group show)
2010 “Breaking Traditions” Gorgon Isle Gallery, Fresno, CA (Group show)
2010 Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno CA (Group show)
2009 Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA (Group show)
2008 Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA (Group show)
2007 Fresno City Hall, Fresno, CA (Group show)
2007 Remember the Time, Studio 1922, Fresno, CA (Group show)
2007 Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA (Group show)
2006 Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA “Recent Paintings” (One-person show)
2005 Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA “Drawing Matters” (Group show)
2005 Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA (Group show)
2005 Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA (One-person show)
2005 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists’ Gallery, SF, CA
2004 Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA (One-person show)
2003 “Inventive Landscapes” Bucheon Gallery, SF, CA (Group show)
2002 Bucheon Gallery, SF, CA (One-person show)
2002 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists’ Gallery, SF, CA
2001 Artworks, Hanford, CA
2001 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists’ Gallery, SF, CA
2000 Lead Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Selected Collectors:
Rene di Rosa, Napa, CA
Ron Fahra, Montreal, Canada
Gardiner Hempel, Oakland, CA
Loretta deGuzman & Mike Lozeau, Alameda, CA
Dr & Mrs Irene Belknap, Mill Valley
Dr David Lyman, Albany, CA
Sidney Brown, SF, CA
Dr Phillip Grossi, Los Altos, CA
Sheila Cohen, SF, CA
Pat Klein, Emeryville, CA
Dr. Louis Girling, SF, CA
Lauren Kerr, SF, CA
Dawn Christensen, SF, CA
Sheila Woo, SF, CA
Pat & Dick Macias, SF, CA
Pegan Brooke, Bolinas, CA
Julie Green , SF, CA
Walter Dawydrak, SF, CA
Carol Esterman, Providence, RI
Blair Fuller, Tomales, CA
Heidi Stevens, Petaluma, CA
Joan & Peter Wulf, SF, CA
Victoria Wagner, Occidental, CA
Artist’s Statement
On any given day I typically find myself processing ideas pertaining to culture, history, religion, politics, sociology, psychology, emotions, the intellect, etc… I believe thinking about things is one of the most interesting facets of human existence. For me, the process of painting provides a vehicle to sort through this diverse material; it promotes a state of mind wherein I ask myself questions, consider concepts, grasp at the subconscious and grapple with the conscious. This rarely happens for me without the painting process.
Paintings can be an inventory of one’s context at a given moment in time, an assessment of “the current status.” Early in the process of making a new painting I prefer to start with a “notion,” rather than a concrete concept. I then strive to allow the imagery and content to evolve as the visual possibilities are investigated.
The symbols integrated into these paintings have been generated consciously and sub-consciously. My hope is that they reveal themselves to the engaged viewer. Very little of the visual imagery is arbitrary, though some of it may be generated through non-linear pathways. Written text is included in some cases to serve as a replacement for visual symbols, as I enjoy the contrast between visual and written material. I find this interplay to be stimulating to both left and right hemispheres of the brain.