Artist's Statement
Many of my pieces draw from my surroundings or experiences as a mother of three, daughter of a cancer victim, wife of a biochemist banker, owner of a graphic arts business, and woman raised in Wisconsin, living in California in the 21st Century. I’m interested in the role an artist can play in reflecting one’s own unique time and place.
Subjects and text in my work are often influenced by an abiding love for literature: the thrill of the story, the mystery of the old tale, the exquisite turn of phrase by a masterful writer, archetypal characters that loom like gods.
I have often gravitated towards the strength of sturdy structures, such as bridges and freeways, because I’m impressed with what we can build, and curious about how the impulse to create manifests in ways other than through art.
I enjoy preserving the unique voice that each medium brings into a piece. Different voices work together to form the composition, yet they remain individuals. The resulting texture and dissonance interests me. I think of our society’s larger creations: structures, corporations, governments, spaceships. A group creation is defined and textured by the differing, sometimes conflicting natures of the individuals who put it together, and this gives the creation itself a special character, and certain degree of imperfect humanity.
Resumé
Professional Activities
Proprietor of Painted Tongue Studios, 2000 - Present
Workshop sponsor at The Painted Tongue Press 2000 - 2011
Workshop instructor at San Francisco Center for the Book, 2000 - 2008
Member of the California Society of Printmakers, 2001 - present
Board Member of California Society of Printmakers, 2002-5
Curated art show at Publishers Group West, April 2000
Member of Pacific Center for the Book Arts since 1999
Received $4,100 in grants to compile and illustrate children’s poetry book – 1996-7
Publications
companiesandme.com “My Crazy Vision for Our Studio” March 2010
Artweek “Previews: Wild Women 3” April 2005
Artweek “Previews: Wild Women” April 2003
The California Printmaker “Prints and Poetry”, Autumn 2002
The Cost of Gold - Illustrations for poetry book, pub. Quelquefois Press, Berkeley, 2002
Wild Women - Participant in limited ed. print portfolio, Blue Sky Press, Lafayette CA, 2001
“The Provocative Print” poster sold to accompany print show, The Painted Tongue Press, Berkeley CA, 2000
“A Nun Confronts Her Torture” article illus. for The Progressive Magazine, Madison WI 1996
Education
Quelquefois Press –Letterpress and book arts apprentice under Mary Laird, 1998 - 2002
Lafayette Printmakers Workshop – Studied under Sherry Bell 1998-2000
University of Wisconsin – Madison, BA in English, Minor in Art, 1997
Birthplace
Wisconsin 1975
Public Collections
San Francisco Center for the Book - “Cantilever II,” from O Immortal Bridge
Alameda County Arts Commission – “Tamnougalt Ksar,” from Scenes from Morocco
Vallejo Community Arts Foundation – “The Rock of Cashel” solar etching
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts – Wild Women portfolio
Oakland Art Museum – Wild Women portfolio
Amity Art Foundation – Wild Women portfolio
National Art Library at the Victoria & Albert Museum – The Cost of Gold
The British Library – The Cost of Gold
Napier University – Edinburgh – The Cost of Gold
Howard Lee Library – Brigham Young University, Utah – The Cost of Gold
Marriott Library – University of Utah Salt Lake City – The Cost of Gold
University Library – University of Nevada Reno – The Cost of Gold
The Library – University of Iowa – The Cost of Gold
John Hay Library - Brown University – The Cost of Gold
Daniel J. Evans Library – Evergreen State College – The Cost of Gold
Golda Meir Library – University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee – The Cost of Gold
Allen Library – University of Washington – The Cost of Gold
Solo Exhibitions
O Immortal Bridge - East Bay Municipal Utilities District Headquarters, Oakland, CA 2006
Bridges, Bricks, and Bicycles - Montclair Gallery, Oakland CA, 2006
2010
Printing From Perception – Adobe Art Gallery, Castro Valley, CA
Muttanabbi Street Starts Here - San Francisco Zen Center, San Francisco, CA
Faces and Places - Anna W. Edwards Gallery, San Leandro, CA
2009
I’ll Fly Away – Orinda Library, Orinda CA
TODAY: seen through the artist’s eye – College of Marin Fine Arts Gallery, Kentfield, CA
2008
Scenes From Morocco – Anna W. Edwards Gallery, San Leandro, CA
Beyond Boundaries – Saganaw Valley State University, University Center, MI
Beyond Boundaries – Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Mutanabbi Street Broadside Project – Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Boca Raton, Fla
Beyond Boundaries – The Larson Gallery, Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima WA
2007
The Montclair Gallery – Oakland CA
Mutanabbi Street Broadside Project – San Francisco Center for the Book
2006
Beyond Boundaries – HF Johnson Art Gallery at Carthage College, Kenosha WI
Chicago Art Open - Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago IL
Beyond Boundaries – Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago IL
2005
Leigh Gallery – Chicago, IL
Escapes - Montclair Gallery, Oakland CA
Roadworks – San Francisco Center for the Book, CA
More than Expected – Craft & Cultural Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
2004
Wild Women 3: Lost & Found – Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, CA
Cailifornia Society of Printmakers Annuall Member Exhibit - Marin Headlands Visitor Cntr, CA
Impressions: Matrix and Image – Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA
Californai Society of Printmakers Annual Member Exhibit – Bay Model, Marin, CA
The Bay Area Scene . . . – San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco City Hall
2003
Californai Society of Printmakers Annual Member Exhibit – Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
5th British Int’l Miniature Print Exhibition – Gracefield Arts Center, Dumfries, UK
Book Works 2003 – Pacific Center for the Book Arts, SF Public Library Special Collections
Paper, Ink, Fresh Perspectives – San Francsico Center for the Book
2002
Wild Women – Presented by Blue Sky Press at Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, CA
The Body & The Ghost – Painted Tongue Press Group Show, Berkeley, CA
Wild Women – Presented by Blue Sky Press at Eddie Rhodes Gallery, San Pablo, CA
Hospitality House 17th Annual Art Auction – Braunstein/Quay & Hostfelt Gallery, SF, CA
Celebrating Teachers as Artists – San Francisco Center for the Book
2001
First Lamorinda Arts Alliance Invitational – Orinda, CA
Erotic Art – CityArt, San Francisco, CA
CSP Annual Member Show - Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
John Muir Medical Center Show - Presented by Lamorinda Arts Alliance in Walnut Creek, CA
Naked in August – CityArt, San Francisco, CA
Book Works 2001 – Pacific Center for the Book Arts, SF Public Library Special Collections
2000
New Members New Art – CityArt, San Francisco, CA
The Millennium Through Artists’ Eyes – Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, San Ramon, CA
Bay Area Model’s Guild Figurative Show – SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999
Uncorrected Proofs – Publishers Group Incorporated, Berkeley, CA
The Provocative Print – Miramonte Art Center, Orinda, CA
1998
Anatomy of a Print – Miramonte Art Center, Orinda, CA
RSVP – Invitations for All Occasions – San Francisco Center for the Book, SF, CA