Exhibits

2018

Year of the Dog, Sebastopol Art Center, Sebastopol, CA

Frying Pan River Paintings, Colorado Mountain College, Glenwood Springs, CO [Solo Exhibit]

Contemporary Landscapes, Aspen Chapel Gallery, Aspen, CO

Landscapes, Radici, Santa Rosa, CA  Ongoing

2017

Studio Visit Magazine 2017

Contemporary Landscapes, Aspen Chapel Gallery, Aspen, CO

Landscapes, Red Brick, Aspen, CO

Colorado Mountain College, Glenwood Springs, CO

Aspen Plein Air Festival, Aspen, CO

Yosemite Renaissance 32, Yosemite, CA

Landscapes, Radici, Santa Rosa, CA  Ongoing

2016

Face-to-Face, Aspen Chapel Gallery, Aspen, CO

Red Brick Biennial, Aspen, CO (Best of Show)

All Colorado Show, The Depot Art Center, Littleton CO

Aspen Plein Air Festival, Aspen, CO (Honorable Mention; Quick Draw)

American Art Collector, San Francisco, CA 2016

Landscapes, Radici, Santa Rosa, CA  Ongoing

2015

American Art Collector, San Francisco, CA  2015

Of the Land, Trentadue Winery, Ongoing

Landscapes, Cows, and other Works, Casa Design, Ongoing

Landscapes, Radici, Santa Rosa, CA  Ongoing

New Figures, Thursday Night Drawing Group Exhibit, Occidental, CA

2014

American Art Collector, San Francisco, CA  2014

Of the Land, Trentadue Winery, Ongoing

Landscapes, Radici, Santa Rosa, CA  Ongoing

Landscapes, Cows, and other Works, Casa Design, Ongoing

New Figures, Thursday Night Drawing Group Exhibit, Occidental, CA

2013

American Art Collector, San Francisco, CA  2013

Of the Land, Trentadue Winery, Ongoing

California Landscapes; Hogan Land Services, Santa Rosa, CA

Landscapes, Cows, and other Works, Casa Design, Ongoing

Symphony of Food, Wine, & Art, Santa Rosa, CA  March 2013

Landscapes, Radici, Santa Rosa, CA  Ongoing

New Figures, Thursday Night Drawing Group Exhibit, Occidental, CA

2012

American Art Collector, San Francisco, CA  2012

Of the Land, Trentadue Winery, 2013

Recent Landscapes, Westin Verasa, Napa, CA

California Landscapes; Hogan Land Services, Santa Rosa, CA

Landscapes, Radici, Santa Rosa, CA  Ongoing

Art from the Heart, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA  Feb, 2012

Landscapes, Cows, and other Works, Casa Design, Ongoing

Symphony of Food, Wine, & Art, Santa Rosa, CA  March 2012

Sankta Lucia, Thursday Night Drawing Group, Occidental, CA 2012

2011

“Small Works”, Quicksilver Mine Company, Forestville, CA  July/Aug, 2011

Napa City/County Library Art Show, Napa, CA  June, 2011

Symphony of Food, Wine, & Art, Santa Rosa, CA  March 2011

Taste of Yountville Show, Yountville, CA  March 2011

Open Studios 2011 Art Exhibit, St Supery Winery, Rutherford, CA  September, 2011

Members Exhibit, Calistoga Art Center, CA  March 2011

Art from the Heart, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA  Feb, 2011

Mustard Art Exhibit, Calistoga Roastery, Calistoga, CA  Dec-May 2011

2010

“Bounty of the Land”, All Seasons Bistro, Calistoga, CA  2010  Dec 2010-Feb 2011  [Solo Exhibit]

Group Show, West America Bank, Calistoga, CA 2010  Dec 2010-Feb 2011

Sankta Lucia Celebration”, Thursday Night Drawing Group, Santa Rosa, CA, Dec 2010

Open Studios 2010 Art Exhibit, St Supery Winery, Rutherford, CA  September, 2010

Arts Sonoma ’10 Festival, Santa Rosa, CA, August, 2010

Parisot Arts Festival, Parisot, France  August, 2010

“Love of the Land”, Saralee Winery, Windsor, CA, July 2010

“Sea Scapes”, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA, June 2010

Rutherford Ranch Art Show, Rutherford, CA, June 2010

Mustard Arts Fete, Calistoga Art Center, Calistoga, CA  Mar, 2010

Art from the Heart, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA  Feb, 2010

2009

“France, Colorado, and Napa Valley”, West America Bank, Calistoga, CA, Dec 2009-Feb2010

Laguna Arts and Garden Gala, Sebastopol, CA  September, 2009

“Passages”, 2D-3D-2D Series, Blue Gum Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA  Sept 2009

Napa Arts Council Exhibit, Silos, Napa, CA  Mar-Dec, 2009

“Inspired by the Mediterranean”, Arrowood Winery, Sonoma, CA  July, 2009

“Napa Valley Paintings”, Folio Winery, May-June, 2009

Mustard Arts Fete, Calistoga Art Center, Calistoga, CA  Mar, 2009

Symphony of Food, Wine, & Art, Santa Rosa, CA  Mar, 2009

Art from the Heart, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA  Feb, 2009

2008

PaintAmerica Top 100 Competition, National Exhibit (traveling), 2008

“Wine Country Landscapes”, Arrowood Winery, Sonoma, CA  Dec 2008

First Impressions, Monotypes, Santa Rosa, CA Apr-May 2008

Great Sand Dunes National Park Summer exhibit, Mosca, CO May-Sept 2008

“Fragments”, 2D-3D-2D Series, Blue Gum Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA  Sept 2008

Symphony of Food, Wine, & Art, Santa Rosa, CA  Mar, 2008

Landscapes, Museum Parc, San Francisco, CA  Mar-May, 2008

Mustard Festival Exhibit, Calistoga Art Center, Calistoga, CA  Feb-Mar, 2008

Mustard Festival Exhibit, V Sattui Winery, St. Helena, CA  Feb-Mar, 2008

France En Plein Air, Calistoga Roastery, Calistoga, CA  Feb-Mar, 2008

Art from the Heart, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA  Feb, 2008

“Sonoma Landscapes”, Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, Santa Rosa, CA  January 2008

Members Exhibit, Sonoma Cultural Arts Council, CA  Jan, 2008

2007

TRACES, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA  Nov-December, 2007

Drawings at the Edge, Thursday Night Drawing Group Show, Santa Rosa, CA  November, 2007

Full Spectrum, Elder Art Gallery, Charlotte, NC  November, 2007

Open Studios 2007 Art Exhibit, Mondavi Winery, Rutherford, CA  September, 2007

Laguna Arts and Garden Gala, Sebastopol, CA  September, 2007

“The Land”, 2D-3D-2D Series, Blue Gum Gallery, Santa Rosta, CA  September, 2007

Ancien Wines Art & Wine Event, Ancien Winery, Napa, CA  August 2007

Mediterranean Views, Napa Sonoma Film Institute, Calistoga, CA  July-August, 2007 
[Solo Exhibit]

Napa County Fair, Calistoga, CA  July, 2007  [2 First Place & 2 Second Place, oil painting]

New Landscapes, Quicksilver Mine Company, Forestville, CA  March-April, 2007

Symphony of Food, Wine, & Art, Santa Rosa, CA  Mar, 2007

Art from the Heart, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA  Feb, 2007

Members Exhibit, Sonoma Cultural Arts Council, CA Feb, 2007

Western Landscapes, Museum Parc, San Francisco, CA  Jan-Feb, 2007

Calistoga Landscapes, Bank of America, Calistoga, CA, Dec-Jan 2007  [Solo Exhibit]

2006

Member Show, Sebastopol Art Center, Sebastopol, CA  Dec, 2006

9th Annual Thursday Night Drawing Group Show, Santa Rosa, CA  November, 2006

New Art, Mixx Enoteca, Santa Rosa, CA  October, 2006

Open Studios 2006 Art Exhibit, St. Supery Winery, Rutherford, CA  September, 2006

Laguna Arts and Garden Gala, Sebastopol, CA  September, 2006

“The Embrace”, 2D-3D-2D Series, Blue Gum Gallery, Santa Rosta, CA  September, 2006

Landscapes, Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA  August, 2006

The Sea, Novato Arts Center Gallery, Novato, CA  July, 2006

Of the Land, Quicksilver Mine Company, Forestville, CA  April, 2006

Symphony of Food & Wine, Santa Rosa, CA  Mar, 2006

Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, KS  Feb-Mar, 2006

9th National Juried Art Exhibition, Baker Arts Center, Liberal, KS  Jan, 2006

Naked Vine, 17th Annual Exhibit, St. Supery Winery, Rutherford, CA  Jan, 2006

Drawn from Life, Sebastopol Art Center, Sebastopol, CA  Jan, 2006

2005

Oil + Wax, Chapter & Verse, Art League of Northern California, Novato, CA, Nov 2005

Open Studios 2005 Art Exhibit, St. Supery Winery, Rutherford, CA  September, 2005

Laguna Arts and Garden Gala, Sebastopol, CA  September, 2005

California Landscapes, Bechtel Headquarters, Aug-Sept, San Francisco, CA  2005

Paintings of the South of France, Convention Plaza, Aug-Sept, San Francisco, CA  2005

Calistoga Open Studio Artists, Bank of America, Calistoga, CA  Aug-Sept 2005

“Secret Beach”, 2D-3D-2D Series, Blue Gum Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA  June, 2005

Bon Apetit, Artisan’s Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, June, 2005

Art in the Park, Calistoga, CA, June, 2005

Recent Landscapes, Quicksilver Mine Company, Forestville, CA, March-April 2005

The Flying Fish of the Napa River, many Napa Valley locations, March-August, 2005

Portraits of a Vineyard, Calistoga Roastery, Calistoga, CA, Jan 2005  [Solo Exhibit]

Landscapes from Coast to Coast, Elder Art Gallery, Charlotte, NC, Jan-Feb 2005

2004

Calistoga Art Guild Exhibit, St. Clement Winery, St. Helena, CA  November, 2004

New Work:  Jocelyn Audette, Katherine Barr, & Lisa Pedolsky, Durango, CO Oct, 2004

Laguna Arts and Garden Gala, Sebastopol, CA  September, 2004

Open Studios 2004 Art Exhibit, St. Supery Winery, Rutherford, CA  September, 2004

Figuratively Speaking, Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA  August, 2004

Artist of the Month, Artist’s Magazine, www.artistsmagazine.com, July, 2004

Women in the Wine Country, St. Francis Winery, Sonoma, CA  August, 2004

Calistoga Artists, WestAmerica Bank, Calistoga, CA  July-Aug, 2004

“2D-3D-2D”, Blue Gum Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA  June, 2004

Yosemite Renaissance, Yosemite Museum and other locations in California, 2004-2005

By Land or by Sea, Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA  2004

2003

Realism 2003 II, The Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY  2003

Bold Expressions, Northern California Arts, Sacramento, CA  2003

Art Partners Exhibition, Montrose Pavilion, Montrose, CO  2003

Artists Alpine Holiday, Ouray, CO  2003  [Honorable mention, oil painting]

Women in the Wine Country, Imagery Estate Winery, Glen Ellen, CA  2003

Finalist—Landscape category, Artist’s Magazine, 2003

SummerArt 2003, Steamboat Springs, CO, 2003  [First Place, oil painting]

Always Hopeful, Café Arrivederci, San Rafael, CA, 2003  [Solo Exhibit]

20th Annual All Colorado Art Show, Curtis Arts & Humanities Center, Denver, CO, 2003

27th Annual Juried Exhibit, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO

Art Partners Exhibition of Art Mentors, Montrose Pavilion, Montrose, CO  2003

Napa Valley Wine Auction Art Program, St. Supery Winery, Napa, CA  2003

Ouray County—A Painter’s Perspective, Ouray County Historical Museum, Ouray, CO 2003  [Solo Exhibit]

The Art of Food, ElderArt Gallery, Charlotte, NC  2003

Yosemite Renaissance, Yosemite Museum and other locations in California, 2003-2004

2002

The Artful Door, ElderArt Gallery, Charlotte, NC  2002

West End Celebration, Sand City, CA  2002

Vineyard Art Show, Healdsburg Arts Council Gallery, Healdsburg, CA  2002

The 9-II Show; The Art Community’s Response, Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY  2002

Women in the Wine Country, Artesa Winery, Napa, CA  2002

Rockscapes—From the Desert to the Coast, Arts Council of Napa Valley SoCo Gallery, Napa, CA  2002  [Solo Exhibit]

Landscapes East to West, ElderArt Gallery, Charlotte, NC  2002

Upper Napa Valley Landscapes, Bank of America, Calistoga, CA  2002  [Solo Exhibit]

Artwest Contemporary Art Exhibit, Artwest Gallery, Jackson, WY  2002

Napa Valley Wine Auction Art Program, Napa Valley Museum, Napa, CA  2002

Realism 2002 14th Annual National Realism Competition, Parkersburg, WV  2002

A Spring Obsession 2002, Ironstone Gallery, Murphys, CA  2002

Landscape II International Juried Art Exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE 

Interpreting Landscape, Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, New York  2002

At the Heart of Red, Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA  2002

Napa Valley Mustard Festival Visual Art Competition, Napa, CA  2001 & 2002

2001

Art for America Benefit, Clos Pegase Winery, Calistoga, CA  2001

Nudes & Beyond, SoFo 2 Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA  2001

Napa Land Trust Paintings & Other Landscapes, The North Coast Four, China Basin Landing, San Francisco, CA  2001

Napa Land Trust Paintings, The North Coast Four, Coppola Winery, Rutherford, CA  2001

California Seascapes, Convention Plaza, San Francisco, CA  2001

California Creeks, Museum Parc, San Francisco, CA  2001

California Landscapes, Bechtel Headquarters, San Francisco, CA  2001

C18H24O2 Group Show, Emeryville, CA  2001

2000

Inspiration & Image, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA  2000

The North Coast Four—A Landscape Show, SoFo 2 Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA  2000

1999

Santa Lucia Exhibition, Works on Paper, Bolinas, CA  1999-2001

1998

Thursday Night Drawing Group Show, SoFo 2 Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA  1998-2006

1996

Small Works Show, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa,  1996 & 1997

Open Studio Art Exhibit, Napa Valley Museum, Napa County;  1996, 1997, 2001, 2002

1988

Works ‘88, Fort Mason Art Center Gallery, San Francisco,  1988

1977

“Paint”, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Colorado, 1977  [Solo Exhibit]

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Gallery Representation (Recent)

Art of Hair, Basalt, Colorado

Boho Gallery, Freestone, California

Quicksilver Mine Company, Forestville, California

Casa Design, Calistoga, California

Trentadue Winery, Sonoma, California

Skol Studio Gallery, Ouray, Colorado

Elder Art Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina

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Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Colorado, 1977

[Full Scholarship, 1976-77, Studio Art, University of Colorado]

Taking the Leap Program, Berkeley, CA  2000-2001

Drawing workshops:

Thursday Night Drawing Group, Santa Rosa, CA  1996-2015

New College, Santa Rosa, CA  2002

Fort Mason Art Center, San Francisco, CA  1987-1989

Painting & printmaking workshops: 

Paula Roland, encaustic artist, Sante Fe, NM, 2012

Bill Wheeler, painter & printmaker, Sonoma County, CA  1994-2011

Philip Buller, painter, Sonoma County, CA  1999

Chester Arnold, painter, Sonoma County, CA  1997

Monika Steiner, painter, Marin County, CA  2007

Napa Valley College, St. Helena, CA  1997

University of Washington, Seattle, WA  1993

Encaustic workshops: Mary Black, 2001; Joanne Mattera, 2006; Paula Roland, 2012

Mosaic workshop: Elizabeth Raybee, Potter Valley, CA  1999

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Publications

Studio Visit Magazine, 2016

American Art Collector, 2007 – 2016, National Edition

International Contemporary Artists, Volume II, 2011

LUXLIFE Magazine (Napa-Sonoma-Marin) featured artist, April-May 2008

Cover pages, Ouray County Winter Guide and Summer Guide Magazines, Ouray, Colorado, 2004, 2007-2008

American Art Collector, 2006, West Edition

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Awards

Red Brick Biennial, Best of Show, 2016

Honorary Mention (Quick Draw), Aspen Plein Air Festival, 2016

PaintAmerica Top 100 and 2nd 100 Competition, 2008

Napa County Fair, 2 First Place & 2 Second Place awards for oil painting, 2007

Artist of the Month, The Artist’s Magazine, July-August, 2004

First Place, Oil Painting, SummerArt 2003, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, 2003

Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine, Landscape category, 2003

Honorable Mention, Alpine Artist’s Holiday, Ouray, Colorado, 2003

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Art Related Activities & Accomplishments

Curator, Aspen Chapel Gallery, 2016-2018

Juror, Plein Air Painting, Marin County Fair 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

Juror, Two-Dimensional Art, Marin County Fair 2008, 2013, 2014

Juror, Professional Art, Napa Town & Country Fair, 2013

Coordinator, Thursday Night Drawing Group, 1993-2015

Artist Curator for the Calistoga Arts Center & Calistoga Roastery, 2007-2012

Open Studios Artist, Napa Valley, 1996-2011

2D-3D-2D Collaboration, Blue Gum Gallery Exhibits, 2004-2009

Parisot Art Festival, Parisot, France, 2010

Painting Workshops:  Encaustics, Watercolors, & Oil Painting, Calistoga Art Center, 2011

Artists Curator, Napa Valley Life Magazine

Artist Advisory Council, Open Studios 2008, Arts Council of Napa Valley

Artist Coordinator, Art Trip to Southern France, May-June, 2007

Plein Air Panel, Sebastopol Art Center, 2006

Art Mentor, Art Partners, Ridgway, Colorado 2003 (art mentor program for young adults)

Board member, Arts Council of Napa Valley, 2002

Founder, Art for America Benefit (see www.artforamerica.net), 2001

Artist Curator, Giant Steps Benefit, 2002

Finger Painting for Kids, Calistoga Farmer’s Market, 2002

Tutor, Napa Valley School District, 1998-2001

Full Art Scholarship, University of Colorado, 1976-1977

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Travel/Painting Trips

Europe:  Greece, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Austria, England, Scotland

Caribbean:  Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cozumel, Cancun, Cuba

Mexico:  San Miguel de Allende, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico City, Guaymas, Ensenada, Cancun, Cozumel

South Pacific:  Australia, New Zealand, Western Samoa, Fiji, Rarotonga, Tonga, New Caledonia

U.S.:  California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Alaska, Hawaii, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona

Africa:  Kenya, Morocco

South America:  Peru