Sandcastles, monotype, featured in ‘Currents’, August 2019:
bainbridgecurrents.com/first-friday-focus-august-2019/
Sentinels, monotype, featured at MarinMoca’s West Coast 2020 exhibit:
MarinMoca Instagram
My obsession with light and space began early. I grew up in a Southern Oregon river valley and near the ocean on California’s central and southern coasts, in a series of work-in-progress homes, each designed and built by my stepfather, an architect and watercolorist. My childhood was filled with projects involving pencils and paper, fabrics, and various building materials.
As a Studio Art major in college, I continued to make things, focusing on drawing, painting, and black and white photography. I studied figure drawing and printmaking with Nathan Oliveira, with whom I shared a fascination with the human form. It was Nathan who first introduced me to monotypes.
My indirect route back to printmaking included two cross-country moves and, ironically, a pastel class. During my investigation into pastels I met artist Wendy Orville, who leads monotype workshops. These group sessions were invaluable to my development, giving me a supportive environment and the space in which to create.
Today, I have a studio as well as a press of my own, living once again near the water, this time on an island in Puget Sound.
The Hat, monotype, featured artwork of the Bainbridge Island Arts Walk Promotional Campaign May 2012