The first time I stopped to really look at a watercolor painting was in my first year of art school. In an introduction to Watercolor class, the teacher, Leo Stoutsenberger, talked about painting landscapes with watercolor and then turned out the lights to show us slides of some of his work. I remember feeling like I was being pushed back into my chair with each new slide that lit up the screen…they had so much power. I was hooked on watercolor right then and there. I studied painting there at Paier School of Art in New Haven, Connecticut and then for a year at Coronado School of Fine Art in San Diego. I finished my studies at Philadelphia College of Art majoring in design. While making my living as a designer for forty years, I continued to study, learn and paint with watercolor. I've taken workshops with some incredible painters and have learned so much from them. I'd like to thank; Ken Potter, Milford Zornes, Henry Fukuhara, Frank Webb, Don O'Neill, Frank Francese, Christopher Schink, Skip Lawrence, Karen Frey and Robert Landry. (I studied with Robert while I was a student in San Diego, only to find out some time later that he and my mother had been classmates at Abbott School of Art in the 1940s!) I owe a special thanks to Ken Potter for all of his help and advice. I met Ken in 1989 and took workshops with him a number of times. We became friends over the years and he would invite me to go out and paint with him. He was a great mentor and pushed me to learn and to enter my work into shows. Thanks Ken! Teaching In March of 2020, with the shelter in place order, our Mill Valley class has not been able to meet. We decided that we would stay in touch and that I would send a photograph to paint from each week and we'd share what we did. After a few weeks doing that by email, I started a blog to send the photo assignment and share information with the class. Like everything with that group, it's been fun and rewarding. • • • Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA - Art in Place Exhibit, 2020 Marin Watercolor Society, Group Exhibit, Marin Civic Center, 2020 Harringtonn Gallery, Pleasanton, CA - Fresh Works Juried Exhibit, 2020 WASH Juried Members Exhibit, "Awash" 2020 - Sacramento, CA Sacramento Fine Arts Center - Magnum Opus Exhibit, 2020 - Sacramento, CA Danville Village Gallery - Affordable Art Exhibit, 2019 - Danville, CA California Watercolor Association, Juried Member Exhibit, 2019 - Third Place - Walnut Creek, CA Marin County Fair, 2019 Plein Air Competition - Merit Award Marin County Fair, 2019 6 x 6 Category - Honorable Mention California Watercolor Association, Juried Member Exhibit, 2019 - Honorable Mention- San Ramon, CA California Watercolor Association, Juried Member Exhibit, 2019 - Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA WASH Juried Exhibit, Go With the Flow, 2019 - Judges Award- Sacramento, CA WASH Juried Exhibit, Go With the Flow, 2019 - Award of Merit - Sacramento, CA Napa Town & County Fair, 2019, Napa, CA - Special Award Danville Village Gallery - Into the Blue Exhibit, 2019 - Danville, CA California Watercolor Association, Juried Member Exhibit, 2019 - Honorable Mention - Danville, CA Harringtonn Gallery, Pleasanton, CA - Fresh Works Exhibit, 2019 California Watercolor Association, Juried Member Exhibit, 2018 - San Ramon, CA Napa Town & County Fair, 2018, Napa, CA - Award of Merit California Watercolor Association, Juried Member Exhibit, 2018 - Dominican University, CA Watercolor Artists of Sacramento – Go With the Flow Show, 2018 Marin County Fair, 2018 Marvelous Marin Category - Honorable Mention Marin County Fair, 2018 Small Works Category - First Place Marin County Fair, 2018 Plein Air Competition - Honorable Mention Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition, 2018, Waitsfield, Vermont Cerulean Arts 6th Annual Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA California Watercolor Association, Juried Member Exhibit, 2018 - San Ramon, CA Falkirk Cultural Center, Fall Juried Show, 2018 Rhode Island Watercolor Society National Juried Exhibit, 2017 Northern California Arts, Inc. Bold Expressions Juried Exhibit, 2017 Watercolor Artists of Sacramento – WASH Juried Exhibit, 2017 - Honorable Mention Falkirk Cultural Center, Fall Juried Show, 2017 - Honorable Mention Marin County Fair, 2017 Plein Air Competition - Honorable Mention Marin County Fair, 2017 Art Exhibit Juried Show California Watercolor Association, Juried Member Exhibit, 2017 - San Ramon, CA California Watercolor Association, Juried Member Exhibit, 2017 - Brentwood, CA California Watercolor Association, Juried Member Exhibit, 2016 - Honorable Mention Valley Art Center, Cleveland, Ohio, En Plein Air Juried Exhibit, 2016 Northern California Arts, Inc. Bold Expressions Juried Exhibit, 2016 Falkirk Cultural Center, Fall Juried Show, 2016 Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Juried Member Exhibition, 2016 Watercolor Artists of Sacramento – WASH Juried Exhibit, 2016 - Honorable Mention Watercolor Artists of Sacramento – Magnum Opus Show, 2016 Marin County Fair, 2016 Art Exhibit Juried Show - Honorable Mention Falkirk Cultural Center, Spring Juried Show, 2016 Marin County Fair, 2015 Art Exhibit Juried Show Marin County Fair, 2014 Art Exhibit Juried Show Watercolor Artists of Sacramento – Magnum Opus Show, 2014 California Watercolor Association Annual National Exhibition 2014, - Salis International Award Marin County Fair, 2013 Art Exhibit Juried Show Watercolor Artists of Sacramento – Magnum Opus Show, 2010 - Award of Excellence National Watercolor Society All Member Juried Exhibit, 2010 Northwest Watercolor Society Annual National Exhibition, 2010 MarinScapes - Fundraising Show2010 Watercolor West National Exhibition, 2009 - Holbein Award California Watercolor Association Annual National Exhibition 2007 Louisiana Watercolor Society 18th Annual Exhibition, New Orleans |