b. Cook county, Chicago IL. 1960
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Education
Self taught
1990-1998 Life drawing/figure study Garberville CA
1978 American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL. Figure Drawing, briefly.
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Select Solo Exhibitions
2019 Paintings for Siren Song, old town, Eureka, CA
2018 More Gatos! Eureka Utility Box Art, Adorni Center, Eureka CA
2018 Let's have a Garden! Utility Box Art, Eureka CA
2018 Cats Cats Cats, Main Street Gallery, Weaverville CA
2018 Cat Art, Humboldt Bay Coffee Roasters, Eureka CA
2016 Cat Show, Ramone's Cafe and Bakery, Harrison Ave. Eureka CA
2015 Myo͞oziNG, Umpqua Bank, Upstairs Gallery, Arcata CA
2015 Oil and Mixed Media, Siren's Song Tavern, old town, Eureka CA
2014 Free-Range Figmentum, Sewell Gallery of Fine Art, Eureka CA
2013 Friends and Neighbors, Upstairs Gallery in Umpqua Bank, Arcata CA
2012 Around Town, Sewell Gallery of Fine Art, Eureka CA
2011 A World of Paint, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
2011 Recent Paintings, Café Brio, Arcata CA
2010 My Summer Vacation, World Cup Coffee, Eureka, CA
2008 Brushes Brilliant, Olarg Gallery, Eureka, CA
2008 New Paintings, Accident Gallery, Eureka CA
2007 Alla Prima, Highland Art Center, Weaverville CA
2006 The Portrait, Accident Gallery, Eureka, CA
2004 Cat People, Flying Tiki Gallery, Eureka, CA
2000 Strange Scenes, Consider the Alternatives Gallery, Eureka, CA
1999 Odds and Ends, Gallery Dog, Eureka, CA
1992 The West is Best, Mateel Arts-Co-op, Garberville, CA
2009-2013 Board Member, Redwood Art Association, Eureka, CA
Select Group Exhibitions
2019 Cameo Cat, for Purradise City and CatCon Worldwide, Pasadena CA
2019 Cat Crossing, Second Street Women
mural for Mendenhall Studios, Eureka CA
2019 All Things Spring, Upstairs Gallery, Umpqua bank Arcata CA
2018 Eureka Mural Festival, Eureka CA
2018 Trinidad Landscape, Trinidad, CA
2018 Cat Art Show LA 3, The Sequel returns Again! Thank Tank Gallery LA
2018 The Light House Exhibit, Trinidad CA
2017 Sedona Plein Air Festival, Sedona Arizona
2016 Celebration of the Landscape invitational Sedona Arizona
2016 Cats in the Hall 208 C street studios and hall gallery, Eureka CA
2016 Celebration of Landscape Painting, Sedona Arts Center, Sedona Arizona
2016 Plein Air Passage one year of plein air painting across the country with Stock and Rachel Schlueter
2016 Cat Art Show LA, Think Tank Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2016 St Catty's Day Feline Art Festival, Fringe Abbot Kinney, Los Angeles CA
2016 Face Time, The Hall Gallery, Eureka CA
2016 RAA Annual Spring Exhibit, Eureka CA
2016 RAA 60th Anniversary Exhibit, Redwoods Arts Association, Eureka CA
2015 Return of the Light, Umpqua Bank, Upstairs Gallery, Arcata CA
2015 It's Scary, Redwood Art Association, Eureka CA
2015 Monsterpiece Theater, Siren's Song Tavern, Eureka CA
2015 Alley Cat Caberet and Purrlesque, Arcata Theater Lounge, Arcata CA
2015 Humboldt's Finest, Highlight Gallery, Mendocino CA
2015 Favorite Piece, Renatas's Creperie, Arcata CA
2015 Art in The Garden, Ingomar Club, Eureka CA
2015 HumCats, Fundraiser for Humboldt Spay and Nueter Network Eureka Ca
2015 CatCon, Los Angeles CA
2015 Mystical Dragons, Brenda Tuxford Gallery, Eureka CA
2015 Humboldt to 29 Palms, Eureka Studio Arts, Eureka CA
2015 57th Spring Exhibition, Redwoods Art Association, Eureka CA
2015 5th Anniversary JKPP Exhibit, San Fransisco CA
2015 Holiday Invitational, First street Gallery Eureka CA
2015 Holiday Retrospective, Micki Moves, Real Estate, Eureka CA
2014 Women's Work, Eureka Arcata Airport, Arcata, CA
2014 CATOWN Cafe, invitational, Oakland CA
2014 HumCats, a cat art show Event, Eureka CA
2014 Cat Art Show LA, 6205 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles CA
2014 Immerge, A collaborative art exhibit featuring the work of 11 women artists, Arcata CA
2013 First Anniversary Invitational, Eureka Studio Arts, 526 5th Eureka CA
2012 The Molly Show 208 C Street Studios and Hall Gallery
2012 Palettes and Paws Humboldt Arts Council, Eureka, CA
2012 Tigers for Panthera, C St. Hall Gallery, Eureka, CA
2011 Holiday Invitational, First St. Gallery, Eureka, CA
2011 Dia de Los Muertos, invitational, C St. Hall Gallery, Eureka, CA
2011 Humboldt Travelers, Gualala Art Center, Gualala, CA
2010 Plein Air en Mexico, Xaltemba Gallery, La Penita, Mexico
2010 Art in the Garden Invitational, Redwood Art Association, Eureka CA
2009 By Hand and by Machine, Accident Gallery, Eureka, CA
2009 Night of 1000 Drawings, New York, NY
2009 En Plein Air Sonoma, Fairmont Gallery, Sonoma, CA
2009 Beaux Zoos, First Street Gallery, Eureka, CA
2009 Art in the Garden Invitational, Redwoods Art Association, Eureka, CA
2009 Accident Gallery at Umpqua Bank, Meridian Fine Art, Arcata, CA
2008 Summer Group, Meridian Fine Art, Arcata, CA
2008 The Man Show C St. Hall Gallery, Eureka, CA
2008 Art in Motion Humboldt Arts Council, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
2008 Women Art and Wine, Mateel Community Center, Redway, CA
2007 Valentines, The Art of Wine, Eureka, CA
2007 Juried Exhibition, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
2007 Christmas Invitational, First Street Gallery, Arcata, CA
2007 Extreme Plein Air Paintings from Yosemite, Cody-Pettit Gallery, Eureka, CA
2006 All Blue, Ink People Center for the Arts, Eureka, CA
2006 Arcata Marsh en Plein Air, Arcata Marsh Cultural Center, Arcata, CA
2006 Yosemite En Plein Air, Cody-Petitt Gallery, Eureka, CA
2006 Self-Portrait Invitational, Accident Gallery, Eureka, CA
2006 Rumble in the Humboldt, Accident Gallery vs. Empire Square Assault Team, Eureka, CA
2005 Revelatum Miniatura, Accident Gallery, Eureka, CA
2005 Self-Portrait Invitational, Accident Gallery, Eureka, CA
2004 Grand Opening Invitational, Cody-Pettit, Eureka, CA
2004 Legends, C St. Hall Gallery, Eureka, CA
2003 Small Works Invitational, Gallery Dog, Eureka, CA
2003 Plein Air on the Trinity, Caravan of Dreams, Arcata, CA
2003 Holy Cats!, Garden Gate, Arcata, CA
2002 Ornamental, Objix Gallery, Eureka, CA
2002 Scenes from Humboldt Bay, Gallery Dog, Eureka, CA
2002 Traveling Circus, Gallery Dog, Eureka, CA
2001 Spring Invitational, Mateel Arts Co-op, Garberville, CA
2001 Black Velvet, 321 Coffee, Eureka, CA
2000 Millennium Invitational, Gallery Dog, Eureka, CA
1964 Head-start children's group exhibit, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Ill.
Grants, Residencies and Awards
2016 Award of Recognition, RAA -Juror, Mimi LaPlant
2015 Grant for Women Artists, The Ingrid Nickelsen Trust
2015 Residency, Hayes Adobe, 29 Palms CA
2012 Residency, Morris Graves Foundation, Loleta CA
2010 Residency, Xaltemba Gallería, La Penita México
2009 Recognition Award, Redwood Art Association Annual Fall Exhibition, Eureka, CA
2008 Grant for Women Artists, The Ingrid Nickelsen Trust
2008 Recognition Award, Humboldt Arts Council Annual Member Exhibition
2006 Best of Representational, Redwoods Art Association, Annual Summer Exhibition
Gallery Representation
2015-2017 Black Faun Gallery, Eureka CA
2015-2017 Highlight Gallery Mendocino CA
2014-2017 Strawberry Rock Gallery, Trinidad CA
2013-2015 Eureka Studio Arts 526 5th ST. Eureka, CA
2011-2014 Sewell Gallery of Fine Art, Eureka, CA
2005-2010 Accident Gallery 208 C street, Eureka CA
1997-2000 Gallery Dog, Eureka CA
Special Projects and Publication see press page
2018 Cover art, North Coast Open Studios
2017 Label for Humboldt Bay Coffee rosters
2017 Cats in the Hall fundraiser for cats and artists
2016 Plein Air Passage one year of plein air painting across the country with Stock Schlueter
2014 Cat Channel on Cat Art Show LA by Anastasia Thrift
2014-2015 Director co-founder, HumCats, Event Fundraiser, Humboldt Spay and Neuter Network
2013-2015 Oil paint and Mixed Media Direction with Rachel K Schlueter, Eureka Studio Arts, Eureka
2011-2015 Curator for Art for the Airport, Arcata Airport, Mckinleyville, CA
2011 Lecture, A World of Paint, for Humboldt Arts Council Docents
009-2013 Board Member, Redwood Art Association, Eureka, CA
2009-2016 Contributing Author, posting weekly: Lost Coast Daily Painters
2004 Illustration Purrhaps the Very Curious Cat by Charles Pappas
2004 Illustration The Tree that Loved the Eagle by Charles Pappas, Oracle Press, Berkeley, CA
2004-2007 Illustration, Poster design, Humboldt Hoedown, Garberville, CA
2000 Illustration Infinite Tarot, Humboldt County, distributed by Book People USA
1999 Stage Set Y Worry Café, original musical comedy, Briceland Learning Center, Garberville, CA
1991 Co-Founder, Mateel Arts Co-Op, Garberville, CA
2005-2016 Curator for 208 C Street Studios and Hall Gallery
2004-2016 Membership, Humboldt Arts Council, Eureka, CA Artwork
Interviews
2014 Cat Channel on Cat Art Show LA by Anastasia Thrift2011 The North Coast Journal, 2pg. interview with Richard Evans A World of Paint
2008 HSU Lumberjack, Arcata, CA Solo Exhibit Accident Gallery, Eureka CA
2008 Artwaves by Wendy Butler, KHSU, Arcata, CA
