Contemporary Oil Painter

South Bay, California

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2020–present

• Principles of Design for Oil Painters; Art Fundamentals; The Art of Color Harmony via Neutralization with Deborah E. Giese, Palos Verdes Art Center Studio School

2018–2020

• Oil painting with Michael Brennan

EXHIBITIONS

2026

59th Annual Newport Beach Art Exhibition, Newport Beach Cultural Arts juried

A Place at the Table, SCWCA at TAG, juried

Cats in Space, TRYST International Art Fair at TAM, Diversions Fine Arts Gallery

OC Fair Visual Art Competition, Costa Mesa juried, theme award

Layers: Exploring Depth in Contemporary Art, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles juried

Centered on the Center, Huntington Beach Art Center juried

2026 Open Juried Art Show, Thousand Oaks Art Association juried

Summer Show, Palos Verdes Art Center juried

Size Doesn't Matter, Not Shockboxx, Hermosa Beach

Orange Hues & Views, Destination: Art, Torrance

Springtide, Diversions Fine Arts Gallery, Manhattan Beach

California Dreaming (4th Edition), Dorado 806, Santa Monica

Art of the Peninsula, TAS at Palos Verdes Art Center

2025

LA Open 2025, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles juried

Small Works at TAG, The Artists Gallery, Los Angeles

Tour d'Art on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, Palos Verdes

Rocktober, Gallery of Hermosa, Hermosa Beach

Happy Hour, Gallery of Hermosa, Hermosa Beach

2025 Associates Show, Destination: Art, Torrance

Pink, Destination: Art, Torrance

Annual Community Art Show, Palos Verdes Library

2024

Fresh Voices, Winkworth, Palos Verdes Estates first exhibition

Small Works — BIG Talent, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach

By the Foot, Echo Park Art Gallery, Los Angeles

Art For All, Gallery of Hermosa, Hermosa Beach

Annual Community Art Show, Palos Verdes Library

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS

The City: An Artist Perspective, Sasse Museum of Art catalog, 2026 ›

VoyageLA, artist profile, 2026 ›

Palos Verdes Pulse, Tour d'Art coverage, 2025

Peninsula Magazine, Tour d'Art coverage, 2025

Palos Verdes Pulse, Fresh Voices coverage, 2024

Easy Reader News / Peninsula Magazine, Fresh Voices coverage, 2024

AFFILIATIONS

• Diversions Fine Arts Gallery 

• The Artists' Studio of Palos Verdes Art Center

• California Art League

• Southern California Women's Caucus for Art

• Destination: Art (Torrance)

• Artist Open Group (AOG)