As a career art director and publication designer in the San Francisco Bay Area, I have been making art since I was six years old. My art has been exhibited at the College of Marin Gallery, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, the Belvedere/Tiburon Library Gallery, and Town Center Corte Madera. I attended Pratt University’s Graduate Communications Design program after receiving a bachelor’s degree in journalism with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I have received design awards from the American Graphic Design Association, the Western Publishing Association, and the Tube Council of North America.

My fine art and design styles are whimsical, vibrant, and disarmingly uncomplicated with an infusion of storytelling. Patterns, board games, and paths play an outsized role in my work. I have studied painting, book arts, printmaking, collage, assemblage art, and am a self-taught embroiderer. Continued arts education includes programs at UC Berkeley, Kala Art Institute, SF Center for the Book, College of Marin, Pacific Northwest Art School, and Snow Farm.

Presently, I am on the Steering Committee and the Special Events Committee at the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art in Novato. I was a City Commissioner for the Architectural Heritage and Landmarks Commission in Vallejo, PTA Co-President at Mary Silveira School in Marin County, and President and Board Director of a Solano County preschool. Pro-bono design work has included the Mill Valley Historical Society, Zero Breast Cancer, Marin Ballet, and the Marin School of the Arts. I worked in Media Relations for USTA and Masters tennis tournaments and have been a Bicycle Tour Guide in the U.S. and Europe. Last, but not least, I have taught Book Arts and led Handwriting the Constitution programs in Marin and Sonoma Counties.

EXHIBITIONS

  • Wabi-Sabi O’Hanlon Center for the Arts. Juried. Mill Valley, CA, 2024

  • Making Art in a Changing World Belvedere/Tiburon Library Gallery. Juried. Tiburon, CA, 2024

  • Northern California Open Marin Museum of Contemporary Art. Juried. Novato, CA, 2024

  • Beso’s Bistro Group show. Novato, CA, 2024

  • Art of the Game Solo show. Marelli’s Window Gallery. San Rafael, CA, 2023

  • Call & Response O’Hanlon Center for the Arts. Juried. Mill Valley, CA, 2023

  • Marin Museum of Contemporary Art Member Show. Juried. Novato, CA, 2023

  • O’Hanlon Center for the Arts Member Show. Juried. Mill Valley, CA, 2023

  • Quest Church Group show. Novato, CA, 2023

  • Flying Colors Two-person pop-up. Corte Madera, CA, 2022

  • Roadworks SF Center for the Book. San Francisco, CA, 2021

  • College of Marin Student Show Juried. Kentfield, CA, 2016, 2018

  • Altered Book Show Marin Museum of Contemporary Art. Novato, CA,  2010–11, 2014–16

AWARDS

  • Western Publishing Association/Maggie Awards, Winner, Best Music Magazine: Strings, 2001, 2006;
    Winner, Most Improved (circ. over 50,000) Magazine: Acoustic Guitar, 2006 

  • American Graphic Design Award, Winner, Media Kit: Acoustic Guitar, 2005; Winner, Magazine Cover: Strings, 2001

  • Tube Council of North America Award, Second Place, “New Products in a Tube,” New York City, NY 1999

COMMUNITY-BASED ACTIVITIES

  • MarinMOCA Artist Member Steering Committee, 2023–present; MarinMOCA Special Events Committee, 2022–present

  • Food Pantry Leader, Jewish Family & Children’s Services, San Rafael, CA, 2020–22

  • Book Arts Instructor, Createful Studio, San Rafael, CA, 2016–17

  • Handwriting the Constitution Leader, San Rafael and Petaluma, CA, 2016–18

  • Team Captain/Co-Captain, USTA and Marin Tennis Leagues, 2012–15

  • Mill Valley Historical Society Annual Review Designer, 2005–09

  • Parent/Teacher Association Co-President, Mary E. Silveira Elementary School, Marinwood, CA, 2004–05

  • Architectural Heritage and Landmarks Commissioner, Vallejo, CA, 1995–97

  • Bicycle Tour Guide/Leader, NY-based bicycle touring company, Downhill Spokers, 1987–88