field paintings en plein air

STATEMENT:

"I adventure oil paint landscapes en plein air.  I am integrally connected to the land by teaching, painting, and preserving the wild places that I explore.   My landscapes evoke a poetic sense of place .  I follow in the footsteps of early painters of the American West."

EXPERIENCE:

Oil and Watercolor Plein Air Painter for 37 years
Studio/Gallery:
Petaluma, CA 2000-09
Steamboat Springs, CO 1971-09

UTAH FINE ARTS MUSEUM:

Guest Lecturer: Exhibit “Monet to Picasso”, August 2008
Exhibit “Women for Wilderness Quilt” March 2009

LANDSCAPE SEMINAR Sponsor Joan Hoffmann:

“Landscape Matters” The Murie Center, Moose Wyoming, August 2007-09

BOOK PUBLISHED:

“Paint with Intention” 2005

GALLERIES:

The Nature Conservancy’s Carpenter Ranch Nature Center, CO
Pt. Reyes National Seashore Association, Morgan Horse Ranch, CA

SERVICE AWARDS:

Steamboat Arts Council 1998 Distinguished Service Award-25 years of Service
Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Citizen’s Award, Denver CO 1997

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCY:

Yosemite National Park 2005

Recent JURIED EXHIBITS:

Yosemite Renaissance, Yosemite Museum, CA, 2002- 2009
Crocker Art Museum 29th Annual, CA 2007
ARTrails, Petaluma, CA, 2001-2009
Salute to the Arts, Sonoma, CA, 2000-2006
Maynard Dixon, Mt. Carmel, UT 2002
Steamboat Arts Council, 30th Anniversary Invitational, Steamboat Springs, CO 2001

Recent SOLO SHOWS:

The Nature Conservancy, Carpenter Ranch Nature Center, CO 200-09
Pt Reyes National Seashore Association, Pt Reyes Station, CA 2000-2009
“Sonoma Landscapes” Sonoma County Bar Assoc. CA 2009
“Mountains of the West” Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA 2006
“Landscapes of the American West” Maturango Museum, 2003

Recent PUBLICATIONS:

High Country News March 2006: "Painting for Progress”
Pt Reyes Field Seminars: Cover Art 2006-2007
Mill Valley Gallery Guide: Cover Art 2006
Moffatt County Morning News November 2006: “Local Artist ‘Paints For Progress’”

Recent CONSERVATION SHOWS:

“Birds of the West,” The Nature Conservancy, Hayden, CO, 2004-09
“Landscapes,” The Nature Conservancy, Medano-Zapata Bison Preserve, 2005-09
Great Old Broads, Art Auction, 2005-06
Pt Reyes Red Barn, Pt Reyes Station, CA, 2004
WildPac, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2003
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance Art Auction, Salt Lake City, UT, 1999; 2000; 2002; 2003
Marin Open Space, William Lester gallery 2003

TEACHING - Oils and Watercolor:

The Nature Conservancy, Carpenter Ranch Preserve, 2003-2009
Pt Reyes National Seashore Association, CA 2001-2009
Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA, 2000-2008
Southern Utah Hike & Plein Air Painting Workshops, 1997-2009
Steamboat Plein Air Painting Workshop, 1995-2009
Maynard Dixon Studio Workshop, Utah, 2002
Colorado Mountain College, Steamboat Springs, CO, 1994-1996
Steamboat Springs Public Schools-Artist in Residence, CO, 1990

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Lincoln Public Library, Lincoln NE
Sonoma Land Trust, Santa Rosa, CA
The Nature Conservancy, CO
Pt Reyes National Seashore Association, CA
Bud Werner Memorial Library, Steamboat Springs, CO
Tread of Pioneers Museum, Steamboat Springs, CO
Steamboat Springs Arts Council, Steamboat Springs, CO
Routt Memorial Hospital, Steamboat Springs, CO

EDUCATION:

Pt Reyes Field Seminars, Jack Laws, 2008
Scottsdale Artist School, Mark Daly, 1998
Plein Air Painters of America Workshop, 1997 & 1998
Banff School of Fine Arts, Canada, 1971
University of Lyon, France, 1970
Colorado State University, Colorado, 1967-1971

Born in Pasadena, California, 1949