About
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
Pastel Society of America - Associate Member
California Art Club - Associate Member
29 Palms Art Gallery
Pastel Society of the West coast
Selected Awards and Exhibitions
2023
Cultural Celebrations, California Art Club
Pastels USA 2023-99 Voices, Pastel Society of the West Coast
Redlands Festival of Art
2022
San Moreno League “Spring into Art” held at the Huntington Museum & Library
Pastels USA 2022-99 Voices, Pastel Society of the West Coast
San Diego Festival of the Arts
Circle of Art-Borrego Springs, Featured Artist
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, Juried piece displayed in the 29 Palms Museum