Profile

I am currently working on an embroidery project that uses skills I started learning as a child to express my artistic vision. No matter what medium I work in, my art is always informed by my desire to protect and enjoy our natural environment. 

Art Projects

"Listening To the Earth" Nov 2026 

      visiting artist exhibition with Earth Art Collective

ENDANGERED SAMPLERS- 2024-2025

     embroidery, appliqué on antique linen depicting the environment of local         endangered species

50/50 “FUTURE HOPE for the Environment” 2021

 

Art shows

2023, 2024, 2025 PAF(Pescadero Art Fair) SCAA (South Coast Artist Alliance)

2021 50/50 FUTURE HOPE for the Environment, Sanchez Art Center 

2010 college of San Mateo

2009 HMB Plein Air Painter annual show, Ted Adcott Center

2009  “Optical Magnification” Enso Art Gallery, Half Moon Bay

2008  “Collaboration Art/Science” Enso Art Gallery, Half Moon Bay

 

PUBLICATIONS

Collection of my Chinese brushwork 2011

    

 Guidebook to Edgewood Preserve, San Mateo, CA  (1994-) 2002 Monocot Press.

    Illustrated 300 herbaceous plants collected into the guidebook (still used today) for Edgewood Preserve

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Flora of North America, vol 25     Oxford University Press

 

 Mayan Calendars  1978-1982        Athanor Press

     Created approximately 100 illustrations for 3 years of Calendars.

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Environment related work

Board Member,  Camp Unalayee , Palo Alto, CA. 1985-1998

The Camp has programs that introduce children and young adults to a fully immersive wilderness backpacking experience.

 

Board Member,  Fieldguides, Palo Alto, CA  1989-1992

Fieldguides provides outdoor education and environmental and historical outdoor education programs to school groups.

 

Docent, Elizabeth Terwilliger Nature Education Foundation/WildCare,

Marin County, CA,     1984-1988

    Working as a naturalist, I led grade-school groups around Spring Lake, in Santa Rosa, CA  teaching them how to identify local animals, birds, plants and how to protect them.

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Apprenticeships and work experience.

    Vincent Taylor Studio,  1973-1981   Stained Glass

 

    Ron Russel Studio 1978-1981  Glass Art

 

Empy Graphics, Petaluma CA 1982-1984

    Worked in a sand blasting chamber cutting custom designs onto plate glass and glass objects: from windows

     and shower doors to ash trays and salt shakers.

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 Apprentice, The Guardino Studio, Sonoma, CA — 1978-1981

     The Guardinos’ produced Rembrandt-style framed etchings for sale at the Renaissance Faire & Dickens California.

     All techniques had to be authentically old style and hand made.

 Artist, Dan River Textiles Company, New York City, NY, 1973-1974

     Airbrushed, illustrates samples for the sellers to show fabric models. (Pre-computer graphic capabilities)

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Gallery Work

Miwok Gallery, Miramar, HMB, CA 2023

      Managed the gallery; organized the art showing, hung the art, staffed the gallery

 

Studio assistant, Art Guild of Sonoma, Sonoma, CA 1978-1982

       Staffed the Guild shop and general studio assistant to artists  members of the Arts guild of Sonoma;

       Assisted in their studios fabricating stained glass, printed etching, mat & framing art, managing artists booths at fairs

 

Education and Training​

Artists whom I have studied with:

    Sungsook Setton, China Institute 2021-2022

    Chinese Brush Painters at the China Chinese Cultural Center and 

    Beijing Fine Arts University 2010-2016

 

    Linda Ann Vorbobik 1995-2002 Scientific Illustration

    Chuck Stasick 1980-1981 Scientific Illustration

 

AA -Degree from Santa Rosa Junior College — 1982

    Applied Graphics Program, studies in watercolor and printmaking.   Certificate in Gallery Management.