education

1973 BA Psychology, Long Island University

1975 Graduate studies in Film, USC

1984 Graduate Studies in Painting, San Francisco Art Institute

2001 Independent Studies in Painting, California College of the Arts

2003 Independent Studies with Wayne Thiebaud, UC Davis

solo exhibitions

2023 Sausalito Public Library, Sausalito, CA

2019 Madrigal Family Tasting Salon & Gallery, Sausalito CA.

2017 Madrigal Family Tasting Salon & Gallery, Sausalito CA.

2016 Madrigal Family Tasting Salon & Gallery, Sausalito CA.

2015 At the Top Gallery, Mill Valley, CA

2012 Crome Architecture, San Rafael CA

2010 Sam the Butcher Contemporary Art, Ross CA

2009 Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato CA

2008 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley CA

2006 Sam the Butcher Contemporary Art, Ross CA

2003 The Claremont Hotel, Berkeley CA

2001 California College of the Arts, San Francisco CA

1992 and 1997 Sausalito City Hall, Sausalito CA

1992 Sausalito Chamber of Commerce, Sausalito CA

1986 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA

group exhibitions

2023 The gallery at Ho’omaluhia Botanical Gardens Kaneohe, HI

2023 Sausalito Center For The Arts

2022 Ruby Livingdesign, Mill Valley CA

2022-21 Bay Model, Sausalito CA

2016 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis CA

2015 Google Gallery, San Francisco CA

2015 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis CA

2014 Morris Graves Museum, Eureka CA

2010 Gallery Bergelli, Larkspur CA

2008 Art Zone 461 Gallery, San Francisco CA

2005 Borsisni – Burr Galleries, Half Moon Bay CA

2002 Anthony Kelly Gallery, New Orleans LA

1999 Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA

1998 Bradford Smock Gallery, San Francisco CA

1996 California Culinary Academy, San Francisco CA

1992 Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito CA

1992 Udinotti Gallery, San Francisco CA

1992 Rebecca Rutledge Gallery, Venice, CA

1992 Christopher-John Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1992 Lillian Paley Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA

1991 ACCI Gallery, Berkeley CA; Merit Award

1991 Spirit Wings Gallery, Santa Fe NM

1991 Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore MD

1990 Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Merit Award

1990 Midwest Pastel Society, Chicago IL

work experience

2017 Guest Instructor O’hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA

2015 Guest instructor, U.C. Davis

2007 to 2015 Guest instructor, Redwood High Schools A.P. Art, Marin CA

2007 to 2013 Guest instructor, Drake High School A.P. Art, Marin CA.

2007 Instructor Staff development Marin County School district.

recognitions

2020 – 2023 Winner Artavita Online Exhibition

2015 to 2021 Senior Curator Marin Open Studios

2015 Judge Sausalito Art Festival

2006 Sausalito Commission for the arts, Sausalito CA

2002 & 2005 Juror, Mill Valley Art Festival, Mill Valley CA

1999 Album Cover for Nina Simone’s CD: “Nina’s Back!”

1995 & 1999 Chairman, I.C.B. Winter Show, Sausalito CA

1993 Curator, Sausalito Centennial Mural, Sausalito CA

1993 to 2015 Juror, Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito CA

1990 Mural. San Jose State University, San Jose CA

selected bibliography

2023 Marin Magazine February

2016/2019 ‘Story Teller’ Wine Advisor.com

2013 “Masterful Curations”, Mill Valley Herald

2010 Cover, May, Marin Magazine

2006 SNAP – Grand Openings, December, Marin Magazine

2006 “Pouring Creativity”, Marin Independent Journal

1999 Sunday Date Book, San Francisco Examiner

1997 Best Bets, San Francisco Examiner, Sunday Magazine

1997 Weekender, Best Bets, Marin Independent Journal

1996 Artist of the Week, Marin Independent Journal

1996 Weekender, Cover, Marin Independent Journal

1987 Herb Caen’s column, San Francisco Chronicle

private collections

Marcel & Liora Houtzager, Ross CA

Peter Clothier and Ellie Blankfort, Los Angeles CA

Allen Edwards Encino CA

Don Enright and Cheryl Rowley, Bel-Aire CA

Pierre and Maureen Guidetti, Novato CA

James and Juliana Bancroft, Brentwood CA

Peter Sullivan Chicago IL

Caroline and Dani Bleier, Chicago IL

Steven Ames Brown Entertainment Law, San Francisco CA

public collections

Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Berkeley CA

The Ojai Resort and Spa, Ojai CA

Shoshone National Headquarters, NV