One late summer afternoon I was sketching a group of rodeo horses. As the light began to fade, it softened into a warm reddish glow that enveloped the entire scene before me. It only lasted a moment, but in that moment the light transformed these ordinary horses into something quite marvelous and extraordinary. I knew I had to paint it.

As an artist, I am always searching for that transcendent moment when the physical reality briefly reveals the more enduring inner reality. My goal is to capture forever the elusive intensity of a dream or vision.

INVITATIONAL AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS

1987   "Of Man and Nature, Time and Space", solo show, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum

1987   "Atkinson Invitational", two-artist show, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara City College

1988   "Dialogues", group show, Arts Council, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

1990   "Image of the Horse", juried show, Redding Museum of Art, CA (catalog)

1993   American Academy of Equine Artists, juried show, International Museum of the Horse, Lexington, KY

1996   Women Artists of the West, juried show, Tucson Museum of Art, AZ (catalog)

2004   Strathearn Western Art Show, juried show, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, Simi Valley, CA

2006   "Natural Perceptions", invitational group show, Meisel Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

1993-2006   Peppertree Art Show, invitational group show, Santa Ynez, CA

PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS

2000   California Cowboy Award, Grand National Rodeo Art Show, juried show

2000   First Place Oil Painting, Western States Horse Exposition, juried show, Sacramento, CA

2001  "The Equine Image" magazine, featured millennium artist, December-January issue

2003   "Equine Vision" magazine, "Beyond the Reality", feature article, Fall issue

2004   Paintings selected for set design in Academy Award winning film, "Sideways"