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ABOUT THE ARTIST
After deciding that creating art was what I needed to do to be happy in life, I began my studies at the San Francisco Art Institute with an emphasis on oil painting in 1972. Then, after 18 years of painting "visionary art", portraits, and landscapes, I was drawn to sculpture due to that art form's tactile nature.
That led me to approached an elderly Italian immigrant whose trade had been carving grave stones from marble. He was able to show me the various techniques used by the old masters of Italy. In addition I took classes in clay and stone sculpture at Orange Coast College. My first pieces were nudes, and then abstracts carved in alabaster from Utah and Italy. During this period I participated in the two-month-long art festival in Laguna Beach, showed at the Beverly Hills Affair in the Gardens, took on private commissions, and had work in various galleries.
In 1991 I moved with my husband and numerous dogs to Grass Valley, then on to Nevada City, and finally built my dream house located on top of a forested hill in Penn Valley, Ca. After taking a couple of years off to decompress I decided to try out a new idea. Living in the foothills, I couldn't help but notice how lovely and elegant flowers looked beside natural stone formations. My stone vases grew out of this observation, and the serene beauty of Nevada County has greatly influenced my work and continues to feed my imagination.
These vases have evolved into functional fine art and are enhancing beautiful homes and decor throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. It delighted me to be able to meet the people who purchase my works at the many fine art festivals I took part in. But now I feel the need to change, or at least add to my work and have stopped showing at art festivals for the most part. If I decide to show at any venue at all I will post it on this web site under "schedule". I invite you to view my vases, statues, and paintings. Those pieces that are not already sold are on their own page (see below)and can be purchased by getting in touch with me. Part of the changes I wish to make to this site is to simplify the procedure of purchasing by adding a cart and automatic credit card form. Eventually the whole site will be revamped. Please be tolerant of the slowness of my changes as I do everything myself.
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