As part of a local art show at the Adobe Art Center, I will  participate with other local artists!

The Painter:

I grew up along the California Coast and colors
of the sunlight and moonlight on and above the water are deeply embedded in my
being.  I love color and texture and
paint and natural objects to include, such as sticks and shells and sand. In
recent years I have found paintbrushes and shadows make their way into my
paintings as well.  I love texture and
color and generally many paintings have come before on each canvas- life
doesn’t stand still and either do my paintings or paintbrush. I also find small
shadow figures in my paintings. It’s not just the space or place but the person
experiencing that place. I often like to paint large, because I am usually
painting a place I want to be. I feel as if I am trying to capture some
fleeting feeling, moment or what I take in through my senses, in in that
moment, in a natural environment.

I learned to love paint when I took a few college
electives, painting freely on large canvases. My art teacher, was a well -known
bay area artist, who said almost nothing, the entire class, except, “keep
painting”. I think he really meant keep working on your painting, but over the
years, his lack of words and the freedom to explore and live into my own being,
to not be boxed, but to keep “painting,” and in a more general sense- to live
into myself.  This teacher certainly
never knew the impact he has had on my life, he likely didn’t even know my
name.  Yet, each person, each interaction
with another human being, can have a huge impact, that shapes us and lasts
forever.  So, thank you to my teacher for
this gift.

 These Paintings:

Raindrops to Rainbows, mixed
media on canvas, 48” X 60”

This is my image of raindrops turning to rainbows as light
passes thru the water. The rain includes raindrops/ teardrops shaped mussel
shells. The teardrops shapes are broken up and turn to rainbows as they fall. I
have always loved collecting shells along the beach and shore where they find their
way into my art. 

This is metaphor of how I see life as well.  You can paint your life. I love to imagine the
world transformed by a brush and our imagination. The attached paintbrushes
point downward as a symbol and reality of that transformation through painting-
both mine and the worlds.

At the bottom of the painting is a shadow of a figure
reaching up with a paintbrush. A symbol of how I believe we can change the world
with our hands, imagination and a little paint.

Dancing with Seagulls, mixed
media on canvas, 30” X 40

I see life through nature. In particular, through sunlight,
moonlight, starlight, the ocean, the colors of the night sky as well as all the
colors and reflections over the water, particularly at sunrise and sunset. I
grew up watching the sunrise and sunset over the ocean and now watch it mostly
over the SF Bay. It never grows tiring.  I see life through this lens.  The three shadow figures are dancing with the
seagulls and playing on the beach at sunset.