Los Angeles, CA, United States
It has been my great fortune to have been nurtured as an artist since childhood. I owe to my grandmo...
About the artist
Joined In 2014
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About the artist
Joined In 2014
(2 Followers)
It has been my great fortune to have been nurtured as an artist since childhood. I owe to my grandmother, Judith Deim, a familiarity with paint, studio and travel. I currently reside and maintain a private studio in Los Angeles, making yearly painting trips to Mexico. My oil paintings are in galleries and collections in California, New York, Mexico and the Pacific Northwest. I have also created more than 20 permanent public mural installations in Southern California, the Bay Area and Mexico.
My Professional work outside the studio reflects a growing interest in large-scale collaborative projects that engender a sense of community. I have drawn upon my wealth of experience as a visual arts instructor, public works innovator and fine arts program director to fund and create dozens of murals and other installations in the Bay Area, Mexico and Los Angeles. I currently teach visual art to more than 600 students in the Beverly Hills Unified School District.
I began formal training as an oil painter with Karl Benjamin at Pomona College in Claremont, California, before moving to New York City where I attended the Art Students League. In 1995 I arrived in San Francisco and found a mentor in Glen Moriwaki, a well-known artist who intr...
Pomona College: Bachelor of Arts; Major United States and Latin American History; Minor in Painting; Magna Cum Laude
Art Student's League of New York: Graduate Study in Fine Arts
Single Subject California Teaching Credential: Visual Art
Alliant University: Master of Education
"The Red Party Screening and Exhibition", Citrus Studios, Los Angeles, CA December 2013
"Death Becomes You", Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA November 2010
"Esperanza", Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA, April 2009
"Pasion Por Frida", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, September 2008
"Summer of Love", Venus Gallery, San Francisco, CA, June 2007
"San Francisco Women", Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA, August 2006
"Retrospectivo", Mistongo Gallery, Patzcuaro, Mexico December 2005