Below is the bio/resume that I'd send to competitions, galleries, etc. Since 2016, I have entered no competitions, and I removed all my art from the three galleries that showed it. I have reduced my costs as much as possible so that I can sell my art for a much lower cost. I would prefer to have my art hanging in your home than hanging in my studio or in a gallery.
Education Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Berkeley Master of Arts, Sonoma State University “Painting Like the Masters with Charles Becker,” November 2011-May 2012
Publicity Editorial Feature, Southwest Art, December 2016 Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine, October 2015 Work selected for postcard of “Still Lifes” juried exhibit, San Rafael, 2012 Santa Rosa Press Democrat On-Line, featured video “Cop to Painter,” 2010
Prior Professional Affiliations International Guild of Realism Oil Painters of America
Selected Juried Exhibits 2017 Sonoma County Art Trails, Santa Rosa, California 2016 Oil Painters of America Annual Juried Salon, Ft. Wayne, Indiana Gallery 1870, Yountville, California Graton Gallery, Graton, California, (plus honorable mention) Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, California Art Trails Open Studios, Sonoma County, California Sonoma County Art Trails, Santa Rosa, California Corricks, Santa Rosa, California
2015 Gallery 1870, Yountville, California Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, California Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, California “Absolutely Incredible,” Las Lagunas Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
2014 “Vessels,” Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol California Rascals, Santa Rosa, solo show, March Santa Rosa City Council Chambers, solo show
2013 “Playground,” Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, Californoa “’Pop’ goes the Art”, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, California “Flower Power,” Sebastopol Center for the Arts “Up, Up, and Away,” Sebastopol Center for the Arts “Not Just Landscapes,” Sebastopol Center for the Arts Resident Artist, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, California Art @ the Source, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, open studio program 2012: Sonoma County Harvest Fair; 2 First Place Awards; Best Medium Award Sonoma County Fair: 2 First Place Awards, 2 second Place Awards “Still Lifes,” Downtown Art Works, San Rafael, California “The Railroad in American Life,” Invitational, HUB Gallery, Penn State University “Blue,” Sebastopol Center for the Arts
2011 My Daughter the Framer, Santa Rosa, California “Art of the Line,” Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California
2010 Mariposa Gifts, Santa Rosa Sebastopol Center for the Arts, “Still Life” exhibition, Sebastopol, California
2009 “All Aboard,” Petaluma Arts Council, juried show NMRA, Pacific Coast Region, annual convention; Best of Show and First Place