Doing art is the way I have always integrated experiences; bringing the outside to the inside, the inside to the outside, the invisible to the visible. It is a powerful vehicle for me, and I love working on that ambiguous edge. My drawings lean towards the representational, my paintings pushing into more numinous realms, the sculptural pieces spanning both.
Currently I am interested in incorporating materials into my work that have had a former function; ephemera, maps, tickets etc, bringing bits of memory and experience into the work. I am also exploring themes of routes and lines, how we are connected through time and space by visible and invisible strands of communication lines, blood lines, shipping lines, boundaries, harmonies. . . the variety of trails that make up the constellations of our lives. I feel so fortunate to have found this practice early in my life.
I primarily work in drawing and painting media at the ICB in Sausalito and live in West Marin. I taught studio art and art history for 30 years and recently retired, happy to be devoting more time to my own work. I have paintings in private and corporate collections around the country and participate in numerous exhibits. I have a B.F.A. in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute and an M.A. from the University of San Francisco.
STUDIO 340A
PAINTING, DRAWING, MIXED MEDIA & SCULPTURE
