I find beauty in most things I see – it’s a matter of how to look at them. When I look around me, I see colors, textures, shapes, juxtapositions and possibilities. My subject matter tends to be ‘the ordinary’. Most of my recent works start with one or more photographs and then begin evolving into compositions of shapes, color and light so that the subject becomes the vehicle of a larger vision rather than the sole focus. I try to bring out the visual or psychological aspects that might appear in one’s imagination or in a dream.
WHERE TO SEE MY WORK: My photographs have been featured in three shows at the Stillpoint Gallery in Maine. Some of my work can usually be seen at the San Francisco Women Artists Gallery (3489 Sacramento Street). My work has been juried into their monthly shows since mid 2010 when I became a member. I’ve had two solo shows at the Bay View Boat Club in San Francisco and had 70 pieces in a group show in October 2011 at the Live Worms gallery in San Francisco. I am also a member of the Belmont Arts Council and have some pieces in their November-December holiday show at the Belmont Art Center.
I have lived in London and New York and am now back where I started in the San Francisco Bay Area where, for the past dozen years, I have lived on my boat. Though I’ve been creating art since I was a child, I spent most of my adult life in non-art careers. I began defining myself as an artist in the ’90′s when I started a graphic and web design business, pulling together my art interests and my fascination with computers. In the last few years, my passion and developing skill with the endless possibilities of digital manipulation have finally taken me into the joyful world of fine art.