• Statement/CV

    My works use symbols derived from the animal world and from domestic life, and often unite otherwise unprepossessing elements in curious and vibrant relation. Gender, identity, and the purpose of our lives are central themes in my paintings, as they are in my life.

    Drawn in initially by the intimate scale of these pieces, then by their intensely autobiographical and psychological nature, it is my hope that viewers ultimately come to consider their own lives, times, and troubles.

    Utilizing a surreal style, these small-scale works--usually oil or mixed media on canvas or wood--receive multiple glazings and layerings of many colors, and seek to evoke the shadow qualities of our memory.

    Solo Exhibits:

    2014
    The Public is Personal, WORKS/San Jose, San Jose, CA (Three solo shows)
    2011-12
    Slice of Life, San Jose Museum of Art Adminstrative Offices, San Jose, CA
    2009
    Late Monday Afternoon, North First ARTSpace, San Jose, CA
    2004
    Chairwoman, Tied House, Mountain View, CA
    2001
    The Layered Look, Mid-Peninsula YWCA, Palo Alto, CA
    Recent Work, Tied House, San Jose, CA
    2000
    The Interior, Stanford University Institute for Research on
    Women & Gender, Palo Alto, CA
    1997
    Paintings of Domestic Scenes, St. Mark's, Palo Alto, CA
    Women and Guilt Art History Graduate Seminar, San Jose State
    University, San José, CA
    Food for Thought, Tied House, San Jose, CA
    1996
    Grand Opening Show, Borders Books, Palo Alto, CA

    Group Exhibits:
    2017
    Art Ark Gallery, More the Merrier, San Jose, CA
    Ray Ashley Collection, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
    2015
    Preservation Action Council, Visual SJ Contest, San Jose, CA
    2014
    A Crack in the Earth, WORKS/San Jose, San Jose, CA
    2011
    Chain Letter Exhibition, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
    2010
    San Jose Museum of Art Spring Benefit Auction, San Jose, CA
    Ring in the New, Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
    2009
    All for One! Works/San Jose Membership Show
    Late Monday Afternoon, North First ARTSpace, San Jose, CA
    2008
    I Can't Believe It's Paper, San Jose Museum of Art Administrative Offices
    San José Institute of Contemporary Art, Art Auction
    Selections from Print Center Workshops, San José Institute of Contemporary Art,
    Works/San Jose Membership Show
    2007
    Cubefarm Docent Show, San Jose Museum of Art Administrative Offices
    2006
    Women's Things: Reassessing Everyday Objects, Rogue Community
    College, Medford, OR,
    Ray's World, Works/San Jose
    2005
    San José Institute of Contemporary Art, Art Auction
    Silent Night Exhibit & Auction, WORKS/San Jose
    2004
    San José Institute of Contemporary Art, Art Auction
    Silent Night Exhibit & Auction, WORKS/San Jose
    2003
    Los Gatos Art Cat Project, Los Gatos, CA
    San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Art Auction, 1995-2005
    Fall Auction, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA 2001-2003
    San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Valentine Auction, 1996-2000
    Silent Night Exhibit & Auction, WORKS/San Jose
    2002
    San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Art Auction
    Silent Night Exhibit & Auction, WORKS/San Jose
    Triton Museum Fall Auction, Santa Clara
    2001
    San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Art Auction
    Silent Night Exhibit & Auction, WORKS/San Jose
    Triton Museum Fall Auction, Santa Clara, CA
    1999
    The Poet's Eye/The Artist's Tongue, Santa Cruz Mtns. Arts Center, Boulder
    Creek, CA
    Bread and Roses, Galeria Tonantzín, San Juan Bautista, CA
    1998
    The Female Gaze: Women Looking at Men, curated by Susan Hillhouse,
    San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
    1997
    Bay Area Women's Caucus for Art Group Show, San Jose City College
    1996
    Bread and Roses, Galeria Tonantzín, San Juan Bautista, CA
    Women's Caucus Regional Conference, Mills College
    1995
    Images of the Virgin, Galeria Tonantzín, San Juan Bautista, CA
    Works on Paper, curated by Marian Parmenter Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
    Euphrat Museum Group Show, Cupertino, CA
    Women Confronting the Issues of Age, curated by Marian Parmenter, San
    Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
    DeAnza College Hinson Campus Center, Cupertino, CA

    Professional Information:

    Community volunteer, San Jose Museum of Art Board of Trustees, 2014-16
    Chair, San Jose Museum of Art Docent Council, 2014-16
    Docent, San Jose Museum of Art, 2007-present
    Art Director, (detail) Journal of Art Criticism, 1994-2000
    Juror, Pacific Art League “Small Works” Show, 2000
    Juror, "The Embattled Artist", Mail Art Competition, 1995
    Guest Lecturer, Watercolor classes, Sunnyvale Community Center, 2000
    Member, South Bay Area Women's Caucus for Art, 1995-2002
    Member, San José Institute of Contemporary Art 1995-present
    Member, WORKS/San José, 1994-present
    Teacher, Art Vistas & Arts in Action programs, Union School District, 1994-2002
    Special focus on interior design, landscape design and woodworking


    Print Publications:

    (detail) Journal of Art Criticism, Volume 5, No. 2, 1998