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“11th Annual Abstract Sanctuary,” Online Gallery Exhibition, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR, March April 2024
Winter Juried Show, Gallery Exhibition, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA, January-February, 2024
“Abstractly Speaking,” Gallery Exhibition, Elk Grove Fine Art Center, Elk Grove, CA, May 2023
“Climate Change: Protecting Mother Earth,” Gallery Exhibition, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, February-March 2023
“Women in Art,” Online Gallery Exhibition, Las Lagunas Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, June 2022
“Strictly Abstract,” Online Gallery Exhibition, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, May 2022
“Land,” Gallery Exhibition, The Drawing Room Annex-780 Valencia, San Francisco, July 2022
“The Best of the Best,” Online Gallery Exhibition, Las Lagunas Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, April 2022
Bioneers Conference, Exhibition, Palace of Fine arts, San Francisco, CA, May 13-15, 2022
“Move,” Gallery Exhibition, Middletown Art Center, Middletown, CA, January-March, 2022
“Women Rising,” Gallery Exhibition, The Drawing Room Annex-780 Valencia, San Francisco, March 2022
“Tides of Change,” Gallery Exhibition, The Drawing Room Annex-780 Valencia, San Francisco, January-February, 2022
“Vibrant Landscapes,” Online Gallery Exhibition, Red Bluff Art Gallery, Red Bluff, CA, November, 2021
Fusion Art, 4th Annual Women Artists Art Competition Online Juried Art Exhibition, Palm Springs, November 2021
“Spot On #2” Gallery Exhibition, D’Art Gallery, Denver, Colorado, November-December 2021
“7th Colorful Abstractions Art Exhibition, Fusion Art, November-December 2021
“Let it Flow” Gallery Exhibition, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, Rhode Island, October-November 2021
“Of the Earth” Online Gallery Exhibition, Art Fluent, April 2021
“Expressions 2021” Online Gallery Exhibition, Marin Society of Artists, July-August 2021
“Boundless” Online Gallery Exhibition, Art Fluent, November 2020
“Celebration of Art” Online Gallery Exhibition, Marin Society of Artists, August-October 2020
A palimpsest is a manuscript written over an older piece of writing, and though worn away, traces of the original writing are partially visible.
For most paintings, I begin by sketching or drawing directly on the canvas using soluble graphite, colored pencil or charcoal with the idea that I’ll preserve some portions of it as part of the final painting. Traces or ghosts will show through.
An underpainting is usually the base of a painting that provides a road map to the final painting. It becomes actually a different painting in this process, causing the ghost drawing to melt, partially dissolve and develop its own identity, while still remaining sketchy and loose. Sometimes the underpainting is limpid and watery, others, it heavier.
Areas of color are built up and layered, texture, depth and movement is created. Areas of interest and depth are left alone or slightly modified to preserve elements of the palimpsest drawing.
Using a variety of tools and techniques—line, poured and pooled shapes, the design components respond to each other, cohesively, to form a balanced composition.
