I live in San Francisco and paint in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ipaint an d draw en plein air in a spirit of spontaneity, play and celebration. I especially enjoy the camaraderie of painting with a group as we all interpret the world in our own, unique ways.
Education:
BA in Art, Mills College
Painted and studied drawing in France, culminating in a one-person-show at the Fondation des États Unis, Cité Universitaire, Paris
MA Education, SF State University
Student of Kenneth Potter, AWA (American Watercolor Association):
ON VIEW NOW: Francisco Women Artists Gallery, through September, 2022
California Poppies Tilden Park, 9 in x 12 in, March 9, 2020
ON VIEW NOW: California Watercolor Association at John Muir Aspen Center: Beautiful Wellness. Summertime Plaza, August 20 – September 14, 2022
Summertime Plaza Livermore, 11 in x 15 in, June 2021
ON VIEW NOW: California Watercolor Association, Artistic Vision, San Ramon City Hall Gallery, Septermber 1 – October 31, 2022: 30th Street to Bernal Heights, Artists Under the Buckeye Tree
ON VIEW SOON: California Watercolor Association 53 National Exhibition, January 7 – March 18, 2023, at the Harrington Gallery in the Firehouse Art Center in Pleasanton.
Balboa Street Art Walk, 14 in x 20 in, 20220507
PAST EXHIBITS
East Bay Landscape Painters, Summer 2022, United in Nature, Alameda County Law Library, Oakland: Springtime Magnolias, Honey House Cafe, Artists Under the Buckeye Tree
Patterns, Textures, Materials, July 2022, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery: California Winter
Delicious: work inpired by food and drink,STUDIO Gallery, 1641 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco, May 26 – June 20, 2022: Red’s Java House Cafe
Intense Color, May 2022, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery: Artists Under the Buckeye Tree
City of San Pablo Plein Air Exhibit, San Pablo Community Center, Spring 2022: Four Paintings of Places in San Pablo
Beauty of California, Spring 2022, California Watercolor Association with Delta Gallery Community Art Center, Brentwood: Eucalyptus Duet
Intense Color, May 2022, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery: Artists Under the Buckeye Tree
Autumn Color, October – November 2021, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael: Trail to Wildcat Creek
Spring Into Art, Online March 2021, Sponsored by Corte Madera Parks and Recreation: Oakland Harbor
Summer So Serene, Online July 28 – August 22, 2020, Falkirk Cultural Center: Off Fourth Street
Summer Daze Online July 1 – 31, 2020 through the Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, Brentwood. This was the CWA’s first virtual art show: Tilden Park Poppies and Chance Encounter
Honorable Mention Award for Chance Encounter: Juror of Awards — Leslie Wilson, CWA, writes about Chance Encounter, “This painting is an intriguing collection of colors and values that tell a story of people in sidewalk scene. It is simple and spontaneous, and engages the viewer with a minimal approach — the small shapes depict people with just enough detail. The colors are pure and the shapes delight the viewer like none other.”
Chance Encounter at the Rockridge Cafe
Attitude of Quietude, John Muir Aspen Center, Walnut Creek, Fall 2019:Backwoods Beehive
Autumn’s Allure, San Ramon Civic Center Gallery, Fall 2019: Botanic Garden Greenhouse
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA, Summer 2019: Springtime on Walnut Street Honorable Mention for Springtime on Walnut Street. Juror Ruth Koch, Signature member NWS, WW, MCWA, writes, “I admire and appreciate the direct freshness of this painting and the cleanness of the colors. Even though there are no real darks in this piece, the clever use of complementary colors keeps my eye moving around the painting. With just enough information and not one stroke too many, this is a perfectly balanced and charming composition.”
CWA Paint out: Falkirk Cultural Center, Falkirk Autumn, 15 in x 18 in, 2021: Second Place People’s Choice
CWA Paint out: Falkirk Cultural Center, Falkirk Mansion, 18 in x 22 in, 2019: Third Place in People’s Choice
Luminous – Radiating Light, Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, Spring 2019: Meeker Slough with Scent of Smoke
Changing Seasons, Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, San Ramon, Fall 2018: Keller Beach House on the Bluff, Shoreline Rubble
Color of Summer, Saint Mary’s College, Moraga, Summer 2018: Wildflowers of Meeker Slough
Personal Journeys, Delta Gallery, Streets of Brentwood, Spring 2018: Hero of the Pacific – USS Hornet, Alameda, Spring Came Early to Blake Garden
A Different Perspective, Delta Gallery, Brentwood, Spring 2018: 30th Street and Church, Santa Rosa Alley
Go Figure, Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, San Ramon, Spring 2018: 🌹20th and Eye Street,San Francisco Jazz, AKA Kearny Street from North Beach to Downtown and Green Schooner, Treasure Island
Explore Color. Discover Color! Dominican University, Fall 2018: Twilight Zone, AKA The Yellow Boat and Richmond Train Tunnel First Place Award for Richmond Train Tunnel, 16 in x 20 in, 2018. $100 prize Juror Sandi Chin, Director of Community Exhibitions at Domincan University, writes, “This artist used the serendipity of process to produce purposeful images. The result is an invigorating visual experience.”
East Bay Landscape Painters
“We are a community of artists of all media, styles and levels of experience that meets once a week to paint outdoors in the parks and cities east of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is free to join.” – Sharon Hind-Smith
Oakland Art Association, United in Nature, Alameda County Law Library, Summer 2022: Magnolia Tree Afternoon, Artists Under the Buckeye Tree, Honey House Cafe
Berkeley Marina Yacht Club, 2022, Craig Murdock Memorial Exhibition
“A presence in the San Francisco arts community since 1887, San Francisco Women Artists (SFWA), a nonprofit (501(c)(3) organization, remains committed to the transformative power of art on our culture, on our selves. By increasing the representation of women in the arts and by outreach and encouragement of aspiring young artists, we remain true to our mission and legacy. Today, more than ever, we are in need of the unique power of art to recreate unifying bonds among all people by imagining, reflecting, and expanding the shared human experience. SFWA welcomes all genders to our organization who support our mission.”
Botanicals, September 2022, California Poppies Tilden Park
Being Human, August 2022, Town Park Playground
Patterns, Textures, Materials, July 2022, California Winter
Intense Palette, May 2022, Artists Under the Buckeye Tree
Women History Month, March 2022: Gum Tree Girls Save Glen Park
Fresh Perspective, February 2022: Falkirk Autumn, Ada Plays Hide and Seek, Honey House Cafe
Verdant, October 2021: Trail to Wild Cat Creek
SFWA Members Artist Salon, February 2021: Tilden Park Botanic Garden Greenhouse
Online Holiday Benefit Auction, 2020: Aquatic Park, View of the Bay
Reflective, November 2020: Isolation Spring, Last Day of Summer
Online Benefit Auction, May 2020: Blake Garden Springtime, California Holly
Hidden Figures, March 2020: Rose Garden Artists
2020 – A Leap Year, January 2020: Bay Area Artists Group Show, Chance Encounter/Rockridge Cafe “Juror’s Choice’by Ashley L. Voss, Gallerist & Arts Advocate, states: “A saturated scene of luscious color sweeps across a calm city street in ‘Chance Encounter.’ Two figures activate the cafe in the center of the composition encouraging viewers to participate in deciphering the work’s narrative.”
Chance Encounter at the Rockridge Cafe
Spirit of San Francisco, December 2019: Member Show, Kearny Street from Northbeach to Downtown ‘Juror’s Choice’by Cynthia Tom, Cultural and Women focused Curator, states: “I was looking for evidence of a thought process, conscious or unconscious, that infused emotion into the creation of the artwork. Thank you for infusing your artistic eye into the scene. It sparked a point of joy when I came across your work. Thank you for your take on SF.”
Kearny Street from Northbeach to Downtown, 30 in x 22 in, 20170316
Curves and Shapes, Fall 2019:Sutro Tower from Liberty Street
Hot Color, Fall 2019:Alvarado Adobe Summer, Putting up the Holiday Lights
Works on Paper, Summer 2019:California Desert Poppies and Plants, Moving the Goods
Season of Abundance, Summer 2019:Bay Area Wildflowers
Celebrating Bay Area Culture, Spring 2019:30th Street and Church,Jack London Square, The Castro
Textures and Patterns, Spring 2019:Blake Garden Spring
Celebrating Women, Spring 2019:She’s Driving
What I Love, Winter 2018:Cafe Morning
Small Presents, Winter 2018:Mount Tamalpais, Wetmore Lodge Mills College, Mare Island Cranes
Livermore Art Association
Summertime Lake Del Valle, 11 in x 15 in, 20190603
Second Place Award for Summertime Lake Del Valle at the Late Spring Show, Bothwell Arts Center, Saturday & Sunday September 11 & 12, 10 am – 4pm
2nd Annual Plein Air Competition, June 4 – 6, 2021
NEW DAWN Online Show, February 25 – March 31, 2021: My paintings from the 2019 Paint Livermone Paint Out
Paint Livermore 2019:Day Trip to Livermore, Summertime Lake Del Valle
Community Events and Paint Outs
Corte Madera Community Center Invitational Exhibition, December 2021: Putting Up the Holiday Lights
Benicia Plein Air Gallery: 3rd and 4th Annual Plein Air Paint Outs, 2018 & 2019: Benicia Walk, Servants Quarters at Benicia Capitol State Historic ParkArts Benicia / Vallejo Community Arts Foundation, Vallejo Waterfront Weekend Plein Air Paint Out, Fall 2018: Third Place Award for Barges, Cranes & Boats, 22 in x 29 in, 10/06/2018. $500 prize
Mills College Benefit Auction: Third and Fourth Annual Mills College Artists Network Art Auctions, 2018 & 2019: El Campanile, Wetmore Lodge and Gate and Under the Eucalyptus
The City of San Pablo Art Gallery and the San Pablo Historical and Museum Society First Plein Air Painting Festival Exhibition, 2018: Alvarado Adobe Courtyard; Alvarado Adobe, Home of the First Lady of Alta California
Jane Sneed 