Art is simply my calling! b.1955

I grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico in a lively household with nine siblings where creating intricate paper dolls with my sisters was a favorite pastime. My parents encouraged my growing passion for drawing and painting, and by age 13 I was awakened to the downtown art gallery scene. My fire was fueled and fate was sealed - or so it seemed.

I moved to Albuquerque to pursue an art career and was dismayed to find the only career choice offered on campus was drafting! Upon graduation I dutifully worked for an electrical engineering firm, which years later I realized taught me the value and discipline of careful observation.

In 1989 I moved to San Antonio, Texas and enrolled in Coppini Academy of Fine Arts to pursue my life long dream. At age forty the strong connection between God, my art, life and nature, led me to my true calling and today I'm a full time easel painter.

I remain a lifelong student of drawing and painting by diligent practice of fundamentals, careful observation, comparison and by using pure vibrant color to capture (what clients say is) the inner character of my subjects. I currently work on personal and commission art.

I also work in oil, watercolor and graphite/charcoal to portray figurative, portrait, wildlife, landscape and still-life work from my San Antonio studio.

PERSONAL ART INSTRUCTION: JaniceYow Hindes, Brad Braun, Scott Burdick, Robert McCoy, Laura Robb, Kevin MacPherson, Gladys Roldan-de-Moras, Michael Dudash

AWARDS:
1998-Fiber Artist's of San Antonio, Texas
1996- OPA Award of Excellence
1996-OPA International Show: Greenhouse Gallery San Antonio, Texas
1996-1997 OPA Regional Shows: Quest Gallery Toas, New Mexico & Concetta Gallery Albuquerque, New Mexico
1993-1994 OPA Regional Shows: Greenhouse Gallery & Nanette Richardson Gallery San Antonio, Texas

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2009 Hindes Art Classic
2008 SAVA Inaugural Art Gala National Juried Exhibition: "Admiration" 2008
2008 Georgia Exhibition
2006 4th Annual San Antonio Summer Art & Jazz Festival Poster/Advisory Board
2005 Ethan Allen 19th Home Interiors Art Fair
1997-1998 St. Philip's College, KRLN TV-9 Art Auction
1997 Celebration of the Arts-Wimberley, Texas
1996 Art Fest 96 and May Garden Show-Coppini Academy of Fine Arts

OTHER:
2010 "Favorite Things", Bear Moon Bakery
2009 "Favorite Things" Solo Exhibition 
2009 Art In the Park
2009 Boerne Chocolate Walk Poster
2008 Cibilo Nature Gala-Featured Artist
2008 Haylie Fundraiser
2008- 07 Alamo Heights High Fundraiser
2008-2004 San Antonio Montessori Fundraiser
2008 Boerne Convention &Visitors Bureau-Boerne Chocolate Walk
2006 San Antonio Art & Jazz Festival Poster
2006 Transplants For Children
2006 Original Artwork for P.U.S.H. Production: "Sandwich" the Movie