Biography
The artist majored in art at Western Maryland College and continued her studies at the Maryland Institute of Art. She received a merit scholarship at the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences. The artist studied independently in France and continues to enroll in museum and university courses as well as private studies. Her work has been in the corporate rental program of Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The artist is a member of the Southern California Plein Air Painters Association (Socalpapa), Plein Air Artists of Riverside, California Art Club, LPAPA and a juried member of the prestigious National Association of Women Artists founded in 1889.
Recent Selected Juried Group Exhibitions in Plein Air:
2015 O.C. Parks & Back Bay, O.C. Parks Award for "Autumn at O'Neill", Newport Beach, CA
2015 Socalpapa Painting the Light of Spring, Randy Higbee, Costa Mesa, CA
2015 6" Squared Exhibition, Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2015 Socalpapa Painting the Light Day and Night, Anthony Salvo Fine Art, Newport Beach, CA
2015 Viewpoints: Orange County All Media, Chemers Gallery, Tustin, CA
2015 LPAPA "Best of Plein Air 2015", Laguna Beach, CA
2015 LPAPA "Coast to Coast, Laguna Beach, CA
2014 O.C. Parks & Back Bay, Newport Beach, CA
2013 O.C. Parks & Back Bay, Newport Beach, CA
2013 “Primavera in the Gardens”, U.C.R. Riverside
2013 “Art in the Park”, Torrey Pines State Park, CA
2013 LPAPA “Less is More", Randy Higbee Gallery,
2012 NAWA “Open Small Works Exhibition”, 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
2012 LPAPA “Fresh Paint Exhibition”, Debra Huse Gallery, Balboa Island, CA