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