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Artist Statement
 Although my formal education was not in art, I’ve had a lifelong interest in art, art history and through my mother who was a well-known California artist. I began my art career in 1994 after I retired from the California State University Chancellor’s Office. Since then I have taken many watercolor and acrylic classes and workshops, studying for five years with Chris Keylock Williams.
My work ranges from abstract to impressionistic with an emphasis on intense color, abstract shapes and the use of calligraphic line. I work in a wide variety of aqueous media. Sometimes I paint birds (often crows) in various settings and activities. Other times I enjoy painting nonrepresentational abstracts, recently completing a series of talismans and starting a new series of entirely interrelated shapes and popping colors. Whichever subject (or non), I hope the viewers respond to my spontaneity, humor and joy in applying paint to paper.
 My paintings are included in permanent corporate collections (City of Beaverton, Don Morrisette Headquarters, Daniel Smith Collection, Pacific University) as well as many private collections. I am represented at Currents Gallery in McMinnville and the Village Gallery of Arts in Portland.
I have exhibited in numerous juried, group and solo shows locally, regionally and nationally winning numerous awards. Memberships include the Watercolor Society of Oregon (1996 to present, Signature Member), the Northwest Watercolor Society (1996 to present, Signature Member), Village Gallery of Arts (1993 to present), the Beaverton Arts Commission (1996 to present) and the National Watercolor Society (2005 to present, Signature Member). I was juried into the 141st American Watercolor Society Show. In November I was featured in an Oregonian article and had an interview on OPB’s Art Beat.
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Title: A Question of Paternity, acrylic, 14x20 (22x28 framed). Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Under the Big Top: Juggler and Acrobat, watercolor, 14x20 (22x28 framed). Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Under the Big Top: Acrobats, acrylic, 14x20 on paper (22x28 framed), matted. Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Enso Bird 1, ink and acrylic collage, 9x12 on paper (16x20 framed, matted). Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Under the Big Top: Juggler, watercolor, 14x20 on paper (22x28 framed), matted. Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: I Love A Parade, acrylic and collage, 14x20 (22x28 framed), matted. Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Temptation 7, watercolor, 14x20 (22x28 framed), matted. Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Enso Revisited, acrylic collage, 10x12 (16x20 framed, matted). Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Forest Dream, acrylic, 14x20 on paper (22x28 framed, matted). Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Hoopla, acrylic, 24x36 on canvas. Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Wild Thing, Sumi ink and acrylic collage, 12x18 (22x28 framed, matted). Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Dance My Story, acrylic, 14x20 on paper (22x28 framed, matted). Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Exuberance, acrylic, 14x20 on paper (22x28 framed, matted). Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: High-Tech Girl, acrylic, 14x20 on paper, matted, (22x28 framed). Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Kimono 7, acrylic collage, 14x20 on paper, matted, (22x28 framed, matted). *SOLD* Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Reverie, acrylic collage, 14x20 on paper, matted (22x28 framed, matted). Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Talisman 3, acrylic collage, 14x20 on paper, matted (22x28 framed, matted). Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Remembering a Walk in November, acrylic, 14x20 on paper (22x28 framed, matted). Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Beyond the Blue, acrylic collage, 9x12 on paper (16x20 framed). Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Reminiscence, acrylic mixed, 14x20 on canvas (22x28 framed). Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Aerial Perspective, acrylic, 11x13 on canvas. Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Ascension 2, acrylic mixed, 10x10 on paper (framed). Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Not a Bowl of Cherries, acrylic, 14x20 on paper (22x28 framed). *SOLD* Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
TITLE: Sunrise, acrylic, 11x13 on canvas. Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Monument2, acrylic, 14x20 on paper (22x28 framed, matted). Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Confluence 2, acrylic, 14x20 on paper (22x28 framed, matted). Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Construct, acrylic, 14x20 on paper (22x28 framed, matted). Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Construct 2, acrylic, 14x20 on paper (22x28 framed, matted). *SOLD* Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Cave Pearls Revisited, mixed media 24x24 on canvas. *SOLD* Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Song of My Heart, acrylic and collage, 14x20 (22x28 framed), matted. *SOLD* Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: In Between, acrylic/collage, 14x20 (22x28 framed), matted. Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Counterpoint, acrylic collage, 15x20 (22x28 framed), matted. Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
Title: Talisman, acrylic/mixed media, 20x14 (28x22 framed), matted. Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
 
Title: Acceleration, acrylic, 14x20 (22x28 framed), matted. *SOLD* Click image to inquire with artist about this work.
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