I am interested in the way things appear, manifest and dissolve, and approach painting as a study of those processes. The constants are predetermined; the variables, then, become the object of study. For me, the variables are the combinations of the predetermined elements. The constants are the rectangle and circle, limited palette, inscribed line, and the method and materials of preparing the surface. As I paint, with no specific plan or desired effect for the painting, the relationship of one thing to another determines its resolution.

I love the act of painting, and allow the process involved and the work itself the power to inform me. The painting, as it manifests its own reality, acts as a tool for learning and self- determination. The process is a feed-back loop, one thing informing and effecting the next. I endow both the physical paintings and the activity of making the paintings with power. They have life and magic of their own. When resolved, they speak their own language, communicate their own message, and reveal themselves.

EDUCATION:

1997  Marylhurst College, BFA, Marylhurst, OR
1987  School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1968 The Arts Student League, New York, NY
1969  New York Studio School, New York, NY
1969  High School of Art and Design, New York, NY

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2000 Urban Fantasies and Realities, New York Studio School, New York, NY
2000 Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
1999 Davis Street Inaugural, Butters Gallery, Ltd., Portland, OR
1999 Art Show and Sell, Juried Exhibition, Buckman Elementary, Portland, OR
1999 Introductions, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
1998  J & M Café, Portland, Oregon
1998 Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
1998 Fine Art Starts, West Linn, OR
1997 Art Thesis Exhibition, Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR
1997 Beyond Borders, Juried Exhibition, Bellingham, WA
1997 Buckman Art Show, Portland, OR
1996 Buckman Art Show, Portland, OR
1996 Gango Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 Emerging Artists, Gango Gallery, Portland, OR
1995 Kento Bento, Portland, OR
1991 Raindance Gallery, Portland, OR
1989  30 Pieces, Northhampton, MA

RECOGNITION:

1996 Beyond Borders, Bellingham, WA
1995 Mayer Art Scholarship, Marylhurst College Faculty Award
1995 Mayer Art Scholarship, Marylhurst College Faculty Award
1994 Honorable Mention “Work on Paper”, Western States Artists Federation in Conjunction with the National Endowment for the Arts

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:

Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
J and M Café, Portland, OR
Wayne and Alice Plummer, Portland, OR
Martha Pfanschmidt, Portland, OR
James P. Martin, Portland, OR
Cascade Aids Project, Portland, OR
John and Deborah Fields, Portland, OR
Rebecca Lukens, West Linn, OR
Jennifer Osborne, Portland, OR
Monica Moriarty and William Kwitman, Portland, OR
Kenneth and Wendy Herz, Westport, CT
Greg and Meg Lipstone, Brentwood, CA
David Gerber, Los Angeles, CA
Jane McLaughlin, Cambridge, MA
George and Trudy Bowman, Cambridge, MA
Ora Grodsky and Jonathan Rosenthal, Watertown, MA
Hela and David Margulies, Boca Raton, FL

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:

1997-present Art Teacher, Pacific Crest Community School, Portland, OR
1997-present Drawing and Sculpture Workshops, Pacific Crest Community School, Portland,
1997-present Mask World, CD-Rom, Portland, OR
1997-present Thesis Committee, Pacific Crest Community School, Portland, OR
1995  Thesis Committee, Pacific Crest Community School, Portland, OR
1992 Director, Morning Sun Day Care, Portland, OR
1991 Art in the Classroom Instructor, Alameda Elementary School, Portland, OR
1990 Art in the Classroom Instructor, Tobin School, Cambridge, MA
1998-90 Introduction to Zen Philosophy and Meditation, Cambridge Adult Education, Cambridge, MA
1983-85Art Instructor, Cambridge Montessori School, Cambridge, MA
1983 Assistant Teacher, Cambridge Montessori School, Cambridge, MA