About
My art expresses my quiet joy in the beauty of our world, coupled with my belief in the ageless and timeless connectivity of humankind. I always seem to find my way back to the figure or portraiture whether painting, etching, doing collage, photography or mixed media installation. Themes frequently delve into female connectivity, anti-racism and humankind's connectedness to our earth.
After studying painting and photography as an undergraduate, I moved to Paris, then settled in California and did postgraduate studies at the San Francisco Art Academy. One of my art career's biggest dancing-in-the-streets moment came when both the Louvre (Paris) and the Getty Museum (L.A.) liked and retweeted my artwork on their social media pages. Born in New Orleans, I have lived most of my life in California and both my home and studio are in Santa Monica, CA.
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Exhibitions
2025 "Art For Art's Sake", Main Gallery, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, CA
2024 "Whiplash", Propeller Gallery, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, CA.
2024 Faculty Exhibition, Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, CA.
2024 Exhibition at Fairmont Miramar Hotel, Santa Monica, CA.
2023 Installation "Dia de Los Muertos", Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA.
2023 Brand 51 Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, Glendale, CA.
2023 "The Venus Series", Slipstream Galleries, 18SAC Airport Campus, Santa Monica, CA.
2022 (Re)Imagining Home, Kitchen Lab, 18SAC Airport Campus, Santa Monica, CA.
2022 "Collective Acts of Peace", Slipstream Galleries, 18SAC Airport Campus, Santa Monica, CA.
2021 "Recovery Justice", 18th St Arts Center - Airport Campus.
2020 "Building Networks of Empathy", 18th St Arts Center - Airport Campus.
2020 "Facing Darkness", 18th St Arts Center - an online exhibition.
2020 "Drawing Connections" Exhibition, 18th St Arts Center Airport Campus, Santa Monica, CA
2019 Z Art Academy Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA.
2019 18th Street Airport Campus's West Edge Open Studio, Santa Monica, CA.
2019 "Transformations" Exhibition, 18th Street Arts Center Airport Campus, Santa Monica, CA.
2019 Faculty Exhibition, Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, CA.
2019 Only Hearts, Santa Monica, CA.
2019 Montana Avenue Art Walk, Santa Monica, CA.
2018 Only Hearts, Santa Monica, CA.
2018 Montana Avenue Art Walk, Santa Monica, CA.
2017 Faculty Exhibition, Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, CA.
2016 Montana Avenue Holiday Walk, Santa Monica, CA.
2016 Faculty Exhibition, Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, CA.
2015 Faculty Exhibition, Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Espresso Cielo’s, Santa Monica, CA.
2014 Faculty Exhibition, Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, CA.
2013 Faculty Exhibition, Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Café Montana, Santa Monica, CA.
2012 WPW Juried Show, Laguna Beach College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
2012 Student / Faculty Exhibition, Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, CA.
2012 17th Street Café, Santa Monica, CA.
2011 "Brand Annual National Exhibition of Works on Paper", Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA.
2011 Student / Faculty Exhibition, Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, CA.
2010 Student / Faculty Exhibition, Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, CA.
2009 Student / Faculty Exhibition, Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Press & Social
2020 The Louvre Museum, Paris, Posted my artwork on social media.
2020 The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Posted my artwork on social media.
Representation
Saatchi Art
https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/297471
Artist Residency
2019-2023 18th St Arts Center Airport Campus, Santa Monica, CA
2019 Contemporary Irish Arts Center Los Angeles at Bergamot Station, Los Angeles, CA.
Workshops & Teaching
3026 Hangar at Santa Monica Airport, Figurative Workshop, 2024 - present
Brentwood Art Center, Proctor of Figurative Workshop, 2024 - present
Creator of Weekly Lockdown Art Challenge, 2020 - 2021
Brentwood Art Center, Proctor of Figurative Workshops, Los Angeles, CA., 2014 - 2020
CIACLA, Bergamot Station, Proctor of Figurative Workshops, Los Angeles, CA.
The Getty Center: Z Academy's Drawing with the Masters, Los Angeles, CA.
Awards
Brand 40 National Works on Paper, Brand Library, Pasadena, CA;. 2011, 2023