My artwork is a window into my love for the natural world around me.  It may be a mountain range, the desert, a dead tree, a rock formation, the Pacific shoreline.  I am inspired by all that surrounds me.  And I am passionate about capturing the beauty of nature’s creation with my pastels.  My currents works are the result of the extensive hiking I do in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains.  I work primarily from on location studies, and the addition of a plein air easel provided me the immediacy of painting on location.  My desire is to capture a moment, a scene that you the beholder may never see in person but can still lose yourself in it as if to experience it for yourself.

Articles and Publications

Palm Springs/Laguna Beach Art Patron Magazine, Winter 2019 Edition “Artist Profile”

Affiliations

American Artists Professional League - Elected Member

Pastel Society of America - Associate Member

California Art Club - Artist Member

29 Palms Art Gallery

Pastel Society of the West coast

Pastel Society of Southern California

Desert Plein Air Association

Artists Council Palm Desert

Selected Awards and Exhibitions

2025

Desert Plein Air Exhibition at the Galen Museum

Borrego Spring Plein Air Invitational

California Art Club “Awakening the Earth” - Second Place

Pastel Society of Southern California 16th Annual Members Show - Honorable Mention

American Artists Professional League Spring Members Exhibition

2024

Southwest Art Festival, Indio, CA

Circle of Art, Borrego Springs, CA

Pastel Society of Southern California, 15th Annual Members Show-Honorable Mention

Redlands Art Festival, Redlands, CA

“Spring into Art” Invitational, San Moreno League, Huntington Museum & Library

California Art Club “Fascination of Fall” Online Exhibition

American Artists Professional League 96th Annual Grand National Exhibition-Salmagundi Club NYC

2023

Cultural Celebrations, California Art Club, Bonita Museum & Cultural Center, Bonita, CA

Sugarloaf Festival of Art, Mountain Center, CA

Joshua Tree National Park Art Expo, 29 Palms Art Gallery, 29 Palms, CA

Pastels USA 2023-99 Voices, Pastel Society of the West Coast, Haggin Museum of Art, Stockton, CA

MOOS 2023 Members Only Online Show, Pastel Society of the West Coast-Honorable Mention

Redlands Festival of Art, Redlands, CA

Southwest Art Festival, Indio, CA

2022

San Moreno League “Spring into Art” held at the Huntington Museum & Library

Pastels USA 2022-99 Voices, Pastel Society of the West Coast, Morro Bay, CA

Joshua Tree National Parks Art Expo, 29 Palms Art Gallery, 29 Palms, CA

San Diego Festival of the Arts, San Diego, CA

Circle of Art, Borrego Springs, CA, Featured Artist

Southwest Art Festival, Indio, CA

2020

Les Pastellistes, 25th Juried Exhibition, Montreal Canada

2019

43rd Annual San Dimas Festival of Art, 1st Place Drawing/Pastel Division

Southwest Art Festival, Indio CA

Desert Art Festival, Palm Springs CA

Joshua Tree National Park Art Expo, Juried piece displayed in the 29 Palms Art Gallery

Rejoice in Art, Redondo Beach CA, 3 juried pieces displayed in Riviera UMC

Artists Council Exhibition (ACE), juried piece displayed in the Galen Art Museum Palm Desert CA

2018

Joshua Tree National Park Art Expo, 29 Palms Art Gallery, 29 Palms, CA