| "I
was born in San Francisco and educated at Stanford University at
the time when Richard Diebenkorn was artist in residence, My work
is greatly influenced by my experience as a Californian, and by
the affinity I feel for the Bay Area Figurative painters. My paintings
are about silence, solitude, space and shadows – about the
moments between actions. I paint people waiting, or gazing, or pausing,
or moving from one place to another.
"The
surface of the painting is as important to my work as the image.
I am always experimenting with color relationships and the unexpected
juxtapositions that happen while painting; The texture and layers
of paint must be rich and exotic, the colors luminous and mysterious.
I pull colors up – push them one against the other –
look for places where the colors make the most of each other.
"I
never know where a painting will end up. The backgrounds and moods
emerge and change as the work progresses. My goal is to create paintings
that are challenging and provocative. My hope is that people who
see my work are moved to bring their own history to the painting
and to tell their own stories."

EDUCATION:
• BA, Stanford University
• Washington Studio School, Washington D.C.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
• Art teacher, Cairo American School, Cairo, Egypt
• Art teacher, Laguna Beach School of Art and Design
• Art teacher, El Dorado School, Orange, CA.
• Vice Chancellor, University of California at Irvine
• Vice President, Georgetown University
EXHIBITIONS:
• Washington Studio School and Courtyard Gallery; 1996, 1998,
1999
• Laguna Plein Air Painters Group Show, 1999
• OIA Fine Art, Opening Exhibition; 2000
• Laguna Beach Festival of Arts, 2000-2007
• McClean Gallery, Malibu, CA; 2003, 2004, 2005,
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art Rental/Sales Gallery; 2003-2007
• Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA.
- "Separate Visions"; 2001
- "8x10"; 2001, 2002
- "Small Works"; 2002,-2004
- "Interiors"; 2002
- Solo Show; 2003
- "Still Life, Still"; 2004
- New Work; 2004
- “Small Works”, 2005
- “Cityscapes”, 2006
- "Small Works", 2007
•
Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
• Eos Gallery, Redlands, CA
- “Three from Laguna”, 2005
- “In the Mood”, 2006
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