After a career as an Art Director and Publication Designer in the San Francisco Bay Area, I have been making art for myself again. My work has been exhibited at the San Francisco Women’s Artists Gallery, College of Marin Gallery, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, the Belvedere/Tiburon Library Gallery, Corte Madera’s Town Center, among others. 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 style is whimsical, vibrant, and disarmingly uncomplicated with an infusion of storytelling. Patterns, board games, and paths play an outsized role. I have studied and/or taught 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.

At the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art in San Rafael, I was on the Artist Member Steering and the Special Events Committees. I have been a City Commissioner for the Architectural Heritage and Landmarks Commission in Vallejo, PTA Co-President at Mary Silveira Elementary in Marin County, and President and Board Director of a Solano County preschool. Pro-bono 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. I am currently teaching Book Arts and leading “Handwriting the Constitution” programs in Marin and Sonoma Counties.

EXHIBITS

  • Gualala Arts Center Meadow as Muse. Invitational. Gualala, CA 2026

  • O’Hanlon Center for the Arts Bits & Pieces. Juried. Mill Valley, CA 2026

  • Marelli Window Gallery Pepper’s Poppies, Two-person show. San Rafael, CA 2025

  • Belvedere/Tiburon Library Gallery Color, Line, Form. Juried. Tiburon, CA 2025

  • Marin Society of Artists Made by Hand. Juried. San Rafael, CA 2025

  • San Francisco Women’s Art Gallery Pattern, Shape, and Form. Juried. San Francisco, CA 2025

  • Art Works Downtown Red, Blue, Yellow. Group show. San Rafael, CA 2025

  • Quest Church Group show. Novato, CA 2023–2025

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

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

  • MarinMOCA Northern California Open. Juried. Novato, CA 2024

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

  • Marelli Window Gallery Solo Show. San Rafael, CA 2023

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

  • MarinMOCA Member Show. Juried. Novato, CA 2023

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

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

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

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

  • MarinMOCA Altered Books. Novato, CA 2010–11, 2014–16

AWARDS

  • Western Publishing Association/Maggie Award, 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

  • Co-Curator; Cynthia Pepper, A Life of Art, College of Marin Fine Arts Gallery, Feb 2025

  • Co-Curator, Marelli Brothers Window Gallery, rotating artists window display, 2023–present

  • MarinMOCA Artist Member Steering Committee, 2023–2025; 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, 2015–17

  • “Handwriting the Constitution” Facilitator, San Rafael, 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, NY-based bicycle touring company, Downhill Spokers, 1987–88