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Experience
Teaching
1999 – 2005 Volunteer Art Docent Chair and art teacher at Norwood Creek Elementary School in San Jose CA.
2017-2019 Grades 4 -6 Visual Arts Instruction in Salinas, CA
Freelance Artist
Portrait and landscape commissions since 1991
Painting Sales
Professional Affiliations
Member Pastel Society of New Mexico since 1992
Member IAPS since 1992
Member of Portrait Society of America since 1999
Member of Degas Pastel Society since 2007, signature Member
Member of Campbell Art Guild 2012 - 2017
Member of NAEA since 2017
Member of Pastel Society of America since 2018
Member of CCAA since 2018
Member of Monarch Art Studio Coop since 2019
Member of AWA since 2019
Member of American Artists Professional League since 2023
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Pastel Exhibitons
St. John’s Cathedral PSNM Exhibition Albuquerque, NM June 1993
Kimo Theater PSNM Exhibition Albuquerque, NM May 1994
Albuquerque Library PSNM Exhibition Albuquerque, NM April 1995
Judged Pastel Exhibitions
National Pastel Painting Exhibition Albuquerque, NM November 1995
Long Ago, Faraway
National Pastel Painting Exhibition Albuquerque, NM November 1997
Ancient Reflection
Martha
National Pastel Competition- La Fond Galleries Pittsburgh, PA May 2000
Identity – Honorable Mention
Degas Pastel Society Annual Show New Orleans, LO Oct 2009
Hope in the Hood – Awarded
Degas Pastel Society Annual Show New Orleans, LO Oct 2011
Tibetan Prayer – Received award and sold
Campbell Art Guild Annual Show Campbell, CA Aug. 2013
Hope In the Hood – First Place Award
Campbell Art Guild Annual Show Campbell, CA Aug. 2015
Sassy Girl – Best In Show Award
Blue Jeans – Second Place Award
Campbell Art Guild Annual Show Campbell, CA Aug. 2016
The Day After – Second Place Award
Tibetan Hands – Best in Show Award
Degas Pastel Society Annual Show New Orleans, LO Oct 2016
Tibetan Hands – Exceptional Merit Award $1000, Sold
Degas Pastel Society Member's Exhibition Baton Rouge, LO Nov. 2017
Joni's Realm
Salinas Government Center Juried Exhibition Salinas, CA 2017
Family Fun
Monterey County Health Administration Building Salinas, CA 2018
Neighborhood Race - Honorable Mention
Sally Griffin Senior Center Pacific Grove, CA 2018
Various
Degas Pastel Society Biennial Show Hammond LA 2018
Honoring My Elders
Mary Adams Office Monterey Count Courthouse 2019
Searching For the LIght
TRAC 2019 Online Art Competition William Roland Gallery 2019
Hope in the Hood - First Place Award Thousand Oaks, CA
Salinas Past, Present and Future Exhibit John Steinbeck Center 2019
Salinas Fiesta Time Salinas, CA
Painted Journeys of Monterey County Transportation Agency for Monterey County 2019
Harbor Seals Salinas, CA
Out My Front Door - Honorable Mention
Toast to the Coast, Wargin Wines Watsonville, CA 2019
Rugged Elegance
South of Carmel
Degas Pastel Society Members Show New Orleans, LA 2019
Clement's Warthog Tales - Jack Richardson Merchandise Award
American Women Artists 2020 Spring Online Show Lodi, CA 2020
Feeling Sublime
2nd Half 50 and Over Exhibition Las Lagunas Gallery Laguna Beach, CA 2020
Make It Count
2020 Art of the Heartland Exhibition Mena Gallery, Mena Arkansas
Feeling Sublime - First Place Award ($1000)
Political Discord Exhibition Las Lagunas Gallery Laguna Beach, CA 2020
Make It Count
Political Discord Exhibition Las Lagunas Gallery Laguna Beach, CA 2020
Make It Count
18th Biennial Degas Pastel Society Exhibition New Orleans, LO 2020
Young Romance
The Sky's the Limit 2021 Show Las Lagunas Art Gallery, Las Lagunas, CA 2021
Looking For the Future
2nd Half - 50 and Older Las Lagunas Art Gallery, Las Lagunas, CA 2021
Looking For the Future
Spectrum Brooklyn Exhibit and Contest Circle Foundation for the Arts, Brookly,n NY 2021
Clement's Warthog Tales - Certificate of Artistic Excellence
2021 Art of the Heartland Exhibition Mena Gallery, Mena, Arkansas.
Honoring My Elders
Pastel Society of the Southwest's 40 National Juried Show Convention and Visitor's Bureau, Grapevine, Texas.
Fireworks
Exhibizone's Happines 2021 Online Exhibit www.biafarin.com
Feeling Sublime
Degas Pastel Society 22nd Member Exhibition New Orleans, LA 2021
Ojibwe Girl
Flora and Fauna Virtual Exhibit Red Bluff Art Gallery March-April 2022
Mixture of Joy
Butterflies
Enduring Moments Exhibit Coastal Arts League Gallery,, Half Moon Bay, CA - April, May 2022
Near El Estero Park Bridge
Best of the Best Exhibit Las Lagunas Art Gallery,, Las Lagunas, CA - May 2022
Patches of Yellow and Blue
Lincoln Gallery 2022 Regional Fine Art Show Lincoln Art Gallery, Loveland, CO - September 2022
Peek-a-boo - Second Place Award
60th Annual Juried Competition Exhibition. Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA - Feb.-May 2023
Sisters Gone
2023 Spring Online Juried Exhibition. San Diego Artists Guild Museum of Art, San Diego, CA - Feb.-March 2023
Sisters Gone
2023 Spring Online Juried Exhibition. American Artists Professional League, NYC, NY
Suite Jazz No. 1
2023 Art of the Heartland Exhibition. Mena Art Gallery, Mena, AR - Sept-October 2023
Sisters Gone - Certificate of Excellence Award
2023 AAPL Grand National Exhibition. Salmagundi Club, NYC, NY - November 2023
Sisters Gone
2023 Degas Pastel Society Online Exhibit DPS, New Orleans, LA - October 2023
Sisters Gone
Peek-a-boo
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Art Boards
IT and Social Media Director centralcoastartassociation.com, Monterey, CA since 2017
Event Support. pgartcenter.org, Pacific Grove, CA since 2022
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Magazines
Observica Summer 2021 Edition Observica Magazine, Canada, Summer 2021
Western Art Collector, Emerging Artist Western Art Collector, Scottsdale, AZ, April 2020 issue
Destig Magazine Featured Artist Destig Magazine, UK, July 2019 issue
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Online Promotions
Exquisite Home Interiors - African paintings @exquisitehomeinteriors July 2019
Galleries
Reflections Elegante Fine Art Gallery San Jose, CA 2019
Monarch Art Studio Pacific Grove, CA 2019
Artfinders.com 2018,9
Saatchiart.com 2018,9
Gallery Morgan Hill Morgan Hill, CA 2005-2006
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Classes/Workshops
Terri Ford workshop Pacific Grove, CA Sept. 2019
Albert Handell workshop Carmel, CA April 2019
Terri Ford workshop San Jose, CA Aug 2006
Scott Nealy workshop San Francisco, CA Sept 2004
Portrait Society of America Workshops Washington, D.C. April 1999
Kitty Wallis Workshop Albuquerque, NM October 1995
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