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See my work exhibited at 220 Rose Ave., the Rose Cafe in Venice, CA. through August 19, 2007.
As a painter, surfer, and swimmer, I am interested in making light filled paintings that reveal atmospheric conditions, of sea and sky, planes of waves and a senstation of standing in the sea foam at sunset. Painters I relate to and am strongly influenced by are Santa Barbara artists Fernand Lungren (1857 - 1932), Hank Pitcher and Michael Drury, two important contemporary figurative artists are, Bo Bartlett and Vincent Desidero.
My ancestral heritage is also ocean based. Both my parents are native American, one a descendent of Naples Village Chumash, who were maritime people and the other Tlingit, Southeastern Alaskan tribe. Both relied on the sea for resources.
I attended The College of Creative Studies, UCSB, and graduated in 1985 with a fine arts degree. I studied painting with many fine painters such as Hank Pitcher, Stephanie Sanchez, Paul Georges, Tom Wudl to name a few. Imbued with a rich personal connection to the sea and the coastal lands, I have a strong interest in preserving this environment. I have contributed paintings to Surf Rider Foundation and Naples Coalition, two groups of concerned citizens devoted to educating the public about Santa Barbara County's endangered coastal lands. I support all those who are courageously working to keep these precious lands safe from development.
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