Training & Background

 

I started drawing and painting as a kid. My first grade teacher took me to the principal’s office along with a painting (in tempera) of a girl in a pink dress.  Praise was addictive and I probably drew girls in pink dresses for the rest of the year! 

 

Courses and Instructors

 

Laguna Beach College of Art:

Included courses in figure drawing, portraits, mixed media, photography and open studio workshops

 

Instructors with skill, vision and encouragement have included:

 

Victoria Templeton (student of Roger Armstrong)

Tom Swimm

Jacqueline Williams (former Laguna Beach Festival of Arts Exhibitor) 

Theresa Fernald (Irvine Valley College/shows at Bergamot Station Gallery)

Cynthia Grill

Frank Eber-internationally known watercolorist (San Clemente Art Store)

Pam Schader (Irvine Valley College)

 

Workshops through Laguna  Outreach for Community Arts in the areas of collage, printmaking, jewelry, mixed media

 

 

Leadership roles in the Arts

 

Founder/Advisor to Gallery Q which is an exhibition space within the City’s Senior/Community Center that provides year-round shows by Laguna Beach and other Orange County artists of all ages

 

Art Coordinator for the City of Laguna Beach Art Salon which is a weekly open studio setting for artists

 

Arts consultant to the Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Laguna Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). Provided evaluation services for the museums' education departments and/or strategic planning for their Board of Directors

 

Art Instructor for the City of Laguna Beach during the Fall 2015 quarter.  "Painting with Passion," a course for adult artists.