I am a classically trained artist whose work has been shown at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in NYC as part of an Allied Artists of America competition exhibit, and Windsor Gallery in Miami, Florida. I used to paint for for the San Francisco Opera, ACT, The San Francisco Ballet, and movies that came to town.

I studied Art at UCSC, Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, and scene painting at The Studio and Forum of Stage Design in New York City.

About The Work in General

When you look at the paintings on my website, you will see that in the early days of my career I was very controlled. In fact I felt like I had to control every bit of the composition, color, and texture. I am now more experimental and exploratory in my work -- less brain, more gut.

Support The Arts

Artist prints are available for most of my work. You may order custom sizes as long as the aspect ratio is the same as the original painting -- please reach out for pricing.

If you would like to commission a work, please contact me.

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For t-shirts, silk scarves, and notecards based on my work please contact me. A percentage of all sales goes toward combatting climate change.

Galleries and Exhibits

• Represented by LOCA
• Featured artist Public Display Art website
• Invited artist at Co-Motion the University of Washington's Foster Business School incubator for startups.
• Overlake Golf and Country Club, Medina, WA, 7 of the Organic series paintings, March - October 2025
• Public Display Art pop ups at the Pioneer Square Artwalk in February and April 2025
• The Virginia Inn, Seattle - First 8 paintings in the Organic series - solo show - 2024
• LIght Space & Time online gallery - pecial Recognition for Exceptional Art, Nature Art Exhibition for “Magnolia” - 2024
• Allied Artist of America juried exhibition at The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, NYC - competition runner up “Cat in the Stairwell” - group show -1980
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery - Marian Parmenter curator - Various paintings - all sold - 1988 - 1996
• Windsor Gallery, Miami, Florida - still life exhibit - group show - 1987
• The Virginia Inn, Seattle - Patrice Demombynes curator - “The Window Series” - solo show - 2017
• 1340Art - represented in the online gallery and featured in the magazine - “Red Spring,” “Window 11,” “New Mythology 3” - 2017
• Light Space & Time online gallery - Special Recognition for Exceptional Art, Nature Art Exhibition for “Red Spring” 2017
• Contemporary Art Gallery Online - All Colors Competition Winner “Window 11” 2017

Theater, Opera, TV, Movies

• Painted San Francisco Opera backdrops and scenery; onstage touchup of traveling sets - Journeyman Scenic Artist
• American Conservatory Theater: In-house productions and traveling shows - Journeyman Scenic Artist
• TV Commercials - Journeyman Scenic Artist
• Bill Graham presents - Scenic Artist
• Movies: Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Escape from Alcatraz, made-for-TV movies, commercials - Scenic Artist
• Westport Country Playhouse - Westport, Connecticut - Assistant Designer
• Studio and Forum of Stage Design, New York, New York - Assistant to the Designer

Commissioned Work

• Private commission, “Pan” 34”x72” acrylic on canvas - private collection Seattle 2017
• Private commission, Pelican mural on a barn in Shingletown, CA

Murals and Faux Finishes

• Private residences in the SF Bay and Puget Sound Areas - various themes 1987 - 2017
• Pediatric surgeon’s office in Spokane, WA - underwater mural 16’ x 6’ - 1998
• Residential murals - San Francisco Bay Area 1990 - 1996
• Residential murals - Puget Sound Area 1996 - 2023

Education

• University of California, Santa Cruz - Art
• University of California, Berkeley - Architecture
• School of Visual Concepts, Seattle - Digital Media
• Studio and Forum of Stage Design, New York City - Scenic Art

Professional Organizations

• Artist Trust