Graphic Designer, Photographer, Artist
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, camping and hiking weekends in the Sierra Nevada Range. Enthralled with photography, I set on my path as a 4”x5” format commercial and landscape photographer, graphic designer and print broker. After business school, I was a photo-journalist for a motorcycle racing publication.
I added calligraphy of quotes by naturalists to my landscape photographs, which sold in galleries and art fairs. I began painting with watercolors enhanced with embossing. Eventually my skills evolved into self-employment. My commissions for museums and convention centers include High Desert Museum, Bend, Oregon ecosystem photos enlarged to 16 ft. x 19 ft. and 7 ft. tall sub-tropical natural habitat illustrations in Florida.
During eight years living full time in an RV with my sculptor husband, we sold his whimsical wire creatures and mobiles nationwide (22 states) at juried art festivals. I photographed arts and crafts and designed marketing materials for other entrepreneurs.
I became enamored with the mark making and luminosity of pastel. Often my art includes alluring sparkling waterways, as we enjoyed living 20 years in SW Florida near the Gulf of Mexico.
Captivated by New Mexico’s diverse culture and geography, we moved here in 2017.
I have always been an outdoor enthusiast: mountain climber, backpacker, cross country skier, snow camper, sailor and river/ocean kayaker. I can’t resist seeking what’s around the bend on a dirt road. Occasionally I paint plein air, but I would rather hit the trail.
Thanks to my many mentors!
Juried Exhibitions, Affiliations & Awards (Pastels unless noted)
2026
July – Dakota Pastels, 4th Place, Emerging Artist Category, 2nd Qrtr International Pastel Competition! “Way Out Southwest“, Judge: Pirkko Makela-Haapalinna, PSA/MP
May-July – Natural World, NM Art League, Albuquerque, NM
April-May – Works on Paper, NM Art League, Albuquerque, NM
2025
Dec. – Jan 26, Small Works, NM Art League, Albuquerque, NM
Nov. – Weems Gallery Pastel Members Show, Albuquerque, NM
Sept. – Oct., NM Art League Sky’s The Limit Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM
Sept. – Albuquerque, NM State Fair, Fine Arts & Photo Galleries – pastels & photographs, 3rd Place Professional Photographers Fine Art, photograph “Morning Bird“
June – Weems Gallery Muse Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM, pastels & photographs; Honorable Mention, photograph “Morning Bird”, Judge: Natasha Isenhour, AWA, PSA, IAPS/MC, PAPNM, PSNM-DP
Masterworks of New Mexico, Webmaster & Pastel File Manager, masterworksnm.org
Pastel Society of New Mexico, www.pastelsnm.org
International Association of Pastel Societies, 2022 Golden Mentor Award, 2019 & 2022 Convention Facilities Manager, iapspastel.org
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