The scenes I like to paint, the images that "grab me," so to speak, always seem so obviously right that I'm surprised that I don't have to stand in line to paint them.

Armed with a strong subject, it feels as if the composition will fall into place. A strongly composed picture - the composition being the "bones" of the picture, if you will - is a pleasure to paint and continually suggests that next logical step in the painting process.

The thing that I like most in a painting is form and weight boldly indicated with light, shadow, and rich color. To paint something well is deeply satisfying and I feel there is a wealth of subject matter just waiting to be found.

EXHIBITIONS
2004 Open Studios, San Francisco, California
2003 Open Studios, San Francisco, California
2003 Garden Gallery Landscape Show, Half Moon Bay, California
2003 Academy of Art College Faculty Show, San Francisco, California
2003 Garden Gallery Opening Show, Half Moon Bay, California
2003 Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, California
2003 Spring Show, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
2002 "The Group," San Francisco Oddfellows Hall, San Francisco, California
2002 Open Studiios, San Francisco, California
2002 Spring Show, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California


AWARDS
2003 First Place in Landscape, Spring Show, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
2003 Best in Show, Faculty Choice, Spring Show, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
2003 Best in Show, Society of Western Artists, San Francisco, California
2003 Third Place in Landscape, Spring Show, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
2003 Third Place in Still Life, Spring Show, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
2003 Third Place in Landscape, Spring Show, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Still-Life Painting Teacher, Academy of Art Colldge, San Francisco, California

EDUCATION
Present Painting classes in the Fine Arts Department
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
1991 Bachelor of Arts in Illustration
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California

WORKSHOPS
Landscape and figure drawing workshops
Study with Craig Nelson and Randy Sexton, San Francisco, California
Drawing workshops
Study with Bob Gerbracht, San Francisco, California