After a position as Events Coordinator for an International Art Competition sponsored by the AIDS Services Foundation of Orange County, I realized that I should be exhibiting in, not organizing art competitions. After much soul searching and experimenting, I decided to return to painting with acrylics rather than watercolors. I like the stability of this medium and the technique that I am able to achieve using them.
My training as an Art Major at a teacher's college in the east helped develop my basic abilities for representational artwork created over the years while teaching others. My style evolved while taking workshops in watercolors by such notables as Milford Zornes, Ning Yeh and Phyllis Case Bennett.
I have shown in several of the Huntington Beach Art Center non-juried Center on the Center shows and won several awards in the shows sponsored by the Huntington Beach Art League at the Central Library Gallery. In December of 2010, I had a solo show at the Corner Gallery, entitled "Destination Art". I have exhibited in the Chemers Gallery in Tustin, the Showcase Gallery in Santa Ana, the Orange Open at the Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman College, and the Anaheim Art Association Open Showcase. I have also been accepted into the Orange County Fair yearly exhibitions and have won several first prizes in the Los Angeles County Fair Art Competition.
