I’ve been an artist and illustrator for 35 years. An artistic polymath and avid experimenter, I’ve taken inspiration from a variety of mediums: watercolor, acrylic, pastel, ink, fiber, and collage. My colorful, expressive art has been featured in various publications. Highlights from my career include directing 2001’s WTC Memorial Art Project to facilitate artists’ responses to 9/11, sharing my piece “Yesterday’s California” on the cover of the Silicon Valley Metro, and successfully crowdfunding my artbook “Amphibian Love” to benefit Save the Frogs.
curriculum vitae
Board President, Village Gallery of Arts - January 2024 - Present
Shows and Public Projects (selected)
City of Portland Permanent Collection — “Beautiful World” on display at Portland City Hall, May 2023 - May 2024.
Village Gallery of Arts Celebrates 60 Years — “Renewing”, “Emerging”, and “Breathing” at Beaverton City Hall, Beaverton, Oregon. Feb 15 - May 12, 2023.
Year of the Rabbit — “Moon Rabbit Run” and “Moon Rabbit One” at Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland, Oregon. Jan 19 - Feb 28, 2023.
Ecolibrium, “Spirits of Nature” series - Group show with Terra Art Collective. Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, California. Aug 27 - Oct 2, 2022.
Borrowed Time – “Permafrost”, “Ice Bridge”, “Core”, Roaring Artist Gallery. Online April 15 - July 15, 2022.
My Octopus Teacher Inspiration – “Suckers” National juried group show, Roaring Artist Gallery. Online September 1 - 30, 2021.
Foresight 2020 – “Thaw 1, 2, and 3” Juried group show, WORKS, San Jose, California. February 2 - March 8, 2020.
Abstraction 2019 – “Worlds Without End” Juried group show, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California. June 7 – 26, 2019.
Topographic Flux – solo show at Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, California. April 5 – 27, 2019.
100 Block – “Toward Enlightenment”, selected artist for collaborative mural. 300 S. First Street, San Jose, California. March 3, 2019.
Fur, Feathers, and Fins — “Ishikawa’s Frog”, “Lanzai’s Alpine Salamanders”, and “Spotted Salamander” from the book “Amphibian Love“ Juried group show, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California. March 1 - 31, 2017.
“SignStorm” – Creator and director. A site-specific installation of recent, handmade protest signs donated by local Bay Area residents. February 18, 2017. As seen in Metro Silicon Valley, issue 3/8–3/14, Pages 13 (article) and 14 (photo).
Focus on Nature XIV — “Cave Salamander” / Eurycea lucifuga (from the book “Amphibian Love“). Juried group show at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute (RTPI) in Jamestown, New York. December 3, 2016 – April 9, 2017.
Farnsworth Family Art Show — “Yarn Works” series. Juried group show at Garden Theatre, Willow Glen, California. March 1, 2015.
The More the Merrier 5 — “Yarn Works” series. Juried group show at Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, California. November 7 – December 5, 2014.
Child-Sight – solo show at Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, California. April 5 – 26, 2013.
Garden of the Spirit – solo show, Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, San Jose, California. February 24 – March 24, 2013.
Exquisite Corpse — “Tentacles” Juried group show at Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, California. July 14-27, 2012.
F3 — “Jungle” series. Juried group show at the Cotton Mill, Oakland, California. October 21, 2011.
Inside Out – solo show, Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, San Jose, California. March 19 through April 17, 2011.
Phantom Galleries - Muralist and Exhibitor, “Fossil” series II - at 56 S. 1st Street, San Jose, 2004.
Midwest Seasons – “Winter” National juried group show at Center for Visual Arts, Wausau, Wisconsin. January 15 through March 8, 2003
“Remember Their Lives” – Creator, Director and participating artist, 9/11 Memorial Wall, as featured on the Sunday Front Page of the San Francisco Examiner, December 23, 2001 and displayed at Arts for America in 2002.
Grants Awarded
Quick Grant Program, Creative Capacity Fund/ Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco, California. $500, April 2015.
Residencies
The Verdancy Project, Troutdale, Oregon. September 6 through September 12, 2023.
Published/Commissioned Work (selected)
“Encoded” - Cover art and design for Encoded: A Richard Braddock Mystery, June 2020.
“Spirit of Mardi Gras“, public chalk art, 10 x 10 feet. For California’s Great America: Taste of Orleans, July 24, 2016.
“Amphibian Love“, an artbook by Leah Jay. Cover and interior illustrations and text (complete), August 2015.
“Door of my Heart” – featured in Regenbogen – Katholische Kinderzeitschrift Issue 5: Fastensonntag, Klagenfurt, Austria. April 2014
“Dickie” – Cover art and design for Dickie: Memoirs of a Mad Scientist, September 2014.
“Sunset in the Park” – ArtBox mural on the corner of Pearl & Kozera streets in San Jose, California. Sponsored by the Edenvale Neighborhood Association.
“Yesterday’s California” – Cover. Metro Silicon Valley, week of April 3-9, 2013.
“Esteban Garden Book” – Cover and interior illustrations (complete) for a poetry book by Annette B. Johnson, November 2012.
”What Happened to the Neighbors?” – book cover for Mortis Operandi (anthology), Harrow Press, December 2012.
“Bite Me” – book cover for Re-Vamp (anthology), October 2011.
“One Voice Lotus” – front and back CD cover for Center for Spiritual Enlightenment/One Voice Choir, November 2011.
“Monster Mash” – Collaboration with Laszlo Jakusovszky. Cover for “Book of Templates: A Toolkit for Creature Construction”, Goodman Games, May 2005.
