Bio
april 4, 2019
...babysitter, ice cream scooper, waitress, waitress, waitress, delicatessen worker, wedding cake baker, live-in children’s caretaker, parent, indoor plant caretaker, drafter, graphic artist, GATE Program teacher, Artist-in-the-Schools, nonprofit art gallery worker, fine craft gallery worker, art exhibitor, Summer Solstice Celebration Parade Staff, Herbert Bayer Art Archive Director, gardener, garden designer, writer, Dale Chihuly Art Studio phone answerer, Fremont Fine Arts Foundry Art Gallery visionary worker bee, picture framer and picture framing designer, quilt maker, Children’s Museum Artist-in-Residence, tree planter, art reviewer, art appreciation cheerleader, park advocate, music camp children’s program facilitator, project manager, children’s book writer, maze creator, working artist...
education
Architecture, Graphics, Golden West College, CA, 1979-1981
BA Art, College of Creative Studies UCSB, 1984
Selected Exhibitions & Installations
2019 | Response/Ability, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA | |
2017 | Smile: Humor & Whimsey; Wind & Water, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA | |
2016 | Radical Change, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA | |
2015 | Another Look; Book Inspired, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA | |
2014 | Small Expressions; Earth Matters, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA | |
2013 | One Night Stand Auction Exhibition, Art From Scrap, Santa Barbara, CA | |
2012 | Wallingford Garden Tour Poster, Seattle, WA | |
Tree Necklace Installation, Seattle City Light, WA | ||
One Night Stand Auction Exhibition, Art From Scrap, Santa Barbara, CA | ||
Venice, Coastal Kitchen, Seattle, WA | ||
Beyond Limitations, Oasis Art Gallery, Seattle, WA | ||
2011 | Beneath the Surface, Oasis Art Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
One Night Stand Auction Exhibition, Art From Scrap, Santa Barbara, CA | ||
2010 | Undertones, Oasis Art Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
2009 | September 18, 2009 PARK-ing Day Installation, Seattle, WA | |
Eco Art, Sammamish, WA | ||
REstore 8th Recycled, Restore, Seattle, WA | ||
Inside Passage, Hiroki, Seattle, WA | ||
2008 | She is Anyway, Hiroki, Seattle, WA | |
2007 | Infinite Regress, World Cup Wine & Espresso, Seattle, WA | |
2005 | Wallingford Garden Tour Poster, Seattle, WA | |
2004 | Pentimento, Frame Central, Seattle, WA | |
2000 | Exposed Attachments, Wallingford Neighborhood Office, Seattle, WA | |
1991-2011 | It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Tree Planting Project/Installation, Seattle, WA | |
1988 | Icosahedron, Holiday on Parade Installation, Downtown Santa Barbara, CA | |
1987 | Sea Full of Clouds; Noticing, SB Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA | |
1986 | Early Nancy Merrill, Women’s Center Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA | |
1984 | Characters in a Dream, CCS, Santa Barbara. CA | |
1983 | Fresh Eggs!, Bartoli & Ashton, Santa Barbara, CA | |
1982 | Working on the Peninsula, Isla Vista Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA |