About me

I love to explore ideas and do research for my art works. The last few years I have been look­ing into tra­di­tional woman’s craft and how it is con­tribut­ing to mod­ern art. I use stitch­ing, embroi­dery and really any­thing that will help serve to make the piece into what I would like. I also have been explor­ing healing/health and work­ing on incor­po­rat­ing that into my art work. Energy heal­ing fas­ci­nates me and hav­ing used it I feel it really works won­ders. I’m very excited about the future of my work and look for­ward to shar­ing it!

I was born in Still­wa­ter, Okla­homa in 1961. Dur­ing my early years my fam­ily lived in Ari­zona on the Navaho and Hopi reser­va­tions, Okla­homa and Nebraska. I received my BFA from Kansas City Art Insti­tute in Mis­souri and later con­tin­ued my stud­ies at Par­sons School of Design in New York. Now I live in North­ern California.

Cur­rent Resume

1983   Par­sons School of Design, one semes­ter of stu­dio MFA paint­ing, New York, NY

1979/83   Kansas City Art Insti­tute, Kansas City, Mis­souri BFA — grad­u­ated with honors

1982    Queens Col­lege sum­mer Land­scape paint­ing at Caum­sett, New York

1981   Mary­land Insti­tute of Art, Bal­ti­more, Maryland–mobility program

1978   Min­neapo­lis Col­lege of Art and Design, sum­mer school, Min­neapo­lis, Minnesota

 Selected Solo and col­lab­o­ra­tive Exhibitions

2011   Altered, col­lab­o­ra­tive six per­son show, The Main Gallery, Red­wood City, CA

2010   Liv­ing with Art, col­lab­o­ra­tive six per­son show, The Main Gallery, Red­wood City, CA,

2006   Anima Mundi, col­lab­o­ra­tive two per­son show, The Main Gallery, Red­wood City, CA,

2005   The Main Gallery, Red­wood City, CA, solo show,

2005   Crock­ett Con­tem­po­rary Art, Crock­ett, CA, two per­son show,

2002   Ate­lier 31 Gallery, two per­son show, Kirk­land, WA,

2000   San Fran­cisco Museum of Mod­ern Art Rental Gallery, three-person show, San Fran­cisco, CA,

1988   Intro­duc­tions 1988; S.F. Museum of Mod­ern Art Rental Gallery, San Fran­cisco, California,

1987   Chlouber/Donovan; Inter­Art Gallery, two per­son show, San Fran­cisco, California,

 Selected group Exhibitions

2010   Bay Area Women Artists, O’hanlan Art Cen­ter jured by Donna Sea­ger, Mill Val­ley, CA

2009   Bay Area Women Artists, O’hanlan Art Cen­ter jured by Donna Sea­ger, Mill Val­ley, CA

2009   Black Bird / Yel­low Line, A col­labortive nar­ra­tive, The Main Gallery, Red­wood City, CA

2007   Alle­gory, Art Works Down­town, San Rafael, CA

2004   Con­tem­po­rary Fine Arts, Group show “Good Enough to Eat”, San Anselmo, CA

2002   Gallery Rt. One Annual Juried show, Pt. Reyes, CA

2001   Face to Face, Con­tem­po­rary Por­traits, Cal­i­for­nia State Uni­ver­sity Chico, CA

2001   Olive Hyde Art Guild, Spe­cial Juried Exhi­bi­tion, hon­or­able mention

2001   Sebastopol Cen­ter for the Arts, Reflections•Forms•Patterns

2001   Myths Leg­ends and Dreams, Danvile Fine Arts Gallery

2000   Cal­i­for­nia Small works; SONOMA Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA, Jurors award

1998    19th Annual Bay Arts Exhi­bi­tion; juried by David Ross, Bel­mont, CA

1995    Vision­ary Liaisons; Cou­ples who make art, Bucheon Gallery, San Fran­cisco, CA

1995    Dream Riddle,Bedford Gallery/Regional Cen­ter for the Arts, Wal­nut Creek, CA

1994    Ars Longa Vita Bre­vis; Time, Mor­tal­ity, Melan­choly, Weir Gallery, Berke­ley, CA

1994    A Sur­real Sum­mer Show; Bucheon Gallery, San Fran­cisco, CA

1992    1.5, At Cross­word Puz­zle Project; New York, NY

1989    Land­scape: A Trav­el­ogue painted from mem­ory, imag­i­na­tion or real­ity; Ruth Sie­gal Gallery, NY, NY

1989    Thir­teenth annual small works exhi­bi­tion; New York Uni­ver­sity, New York, NY — juror Allen Frumkin

1988    Nar­ra­tive or Not; trav­el­ing exhi­bi­tion, Cal State Stanis­laus, cura­tor Charles Shere

1988    Annual Exhi­bi­tion 1988; Berke­ley Art Center

1988    The Fig­ure in Con­text; Rich­mond Art Cen­ter, Rich­mond, California

1988   Art in the Amer­i­can Embassies; Lima, Peru, piece was on loan

1987   Minia­ture Show; San Fran­cisco Museum of Mod­ern Art Rental Gallery, San Fran­cisco, California

1987   Emeryville First annual Art exhi­bi­tion; Emeryville, California

1987   Charles Shere– A Berke­ley Human­ist and his Col­lec­tion; Berke­ley Art Cen­ter, Berke­ley, California

1987   Eth­nic Idea: An Artis­tic Gen­e­sis; Berke­ley Art Cen­ter, Berkeley

Selected Col­lec­tions: Grand Wilea Hotel, Maui; Ambas­sador and Mrs. Wat­son, Amer­i­can Embassy, Lima, Peru; Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Lind­sey Shere, Dou­glas and Eva Jones