Biography | Resume
| Art Workshops & Retreats
In
2008, I relocated my art studio/teaching studio to the community of Prospect New Town (just south of Longmont at the corner of Pike Road and US Highway 287).
At my studio, I teach contemplative drawing, water-based oil painting and exhibit a selection of oil paintings, drawings, prints and cards.
I have intentionally
designed my life in such a way that I spend my entire day moving
from one creative project to another. I draw, paint, write, teach art classes, workshops and retreats. My days are full of light and joy in
doing what I love. I begin my day with gratitude and end my day
in thanksgiving.
Spirituality and a meditative perspective is an integral part
of my life, art work and teaching.
My life is filled with a wide
variety of experiences. In the 1960’s, I questioned the
world as an Honors Philosophy major at Lake Erie College. During the summer
between my transition from college to graduate school, I worked
in Washington DC as a summer intern for the Legislative Counsel
for the U.S. House of Representatives. I continued my studies in philosophy at the Graduate School at the University of Virginia. In the mid 1970’s and
early 1980’s I enjoyed the excitement and challenge of corporate
life in Denver working for KHOW Radio and Frontier Airlines. I
retired from corporate life and opened my own promotions company in Denver. I traveled through
Europe, South/Central America and the Far East. In the late 1980’s,
I attended the University of Denver and graduated with a BFA Degree from the University of Colorado (Boulder).
Today, I combine a BFA degree in Studio
Arts with a BA degree in Philosophy to create a new approach to
art making. I teach art workshops and retreats with a contemplative,
philosophical, heart-centered point-of-view.
From 1994-2008, I lived in on the western slope of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range, in the San Luis Valley, in Crestone. I had the privilege of sitting with many meditation/spiritual teachers. And, the views in the valley and mountains have been an inspiration for my artwork.
Below are a listing of articles I have written about my experiences:
"The Perfect Attack of the Heart", Desert Call Magazine, Spring Edition, 2008
"The Creative
Process:Healing & Resurrection in Art", Desert
Call Magazine, Summer Edition, 2006
"A Contemplative View", Desert Call Magazine, Summer Edition, 2005