CURRENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

"Pacific Ocean" & "Its Beach."  People and Places: Photography Reconnected, Juror Joe Ramos. Santa Cruz Art League. Dec. 2, 2022-Jan. 7, 2023.

RECENT EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
Titles refer to photographic prints unless noted.

AWARDS

"Pacific Ocean" awarded 2nd place by juror Joe Ramos, People and Places: Photography Reconnected, 2022-3, Santa Cruz Art League.

"Winter Storm" awarded an Honorable Mention, Triton Museum of Art's 2014 Statewide Photography Competition
"Ferris Wheel" selected by the Cabrillo College Foundation for notecards for donors at annual dinner, May 2013.
Cash Award, "Crossing Stoneman Meadow," Yosemite Renaissance, 2012.
Best Photographer, Porter Gulch Review 2011.
Honorable Mention, “Festival, Cusco.” Santa Cruz County Fair, 2010.
Honorable Mention, “Edward Weston’s Beach, Point Lobos.” Coastal Art League, 25th Annual National
Juried Show, Half Moon Bay, 2009.
Honorable Mention. “Autumn Rain, Jade Buddha Temple.” Double Exposure, Santa Cruz Art League, 2008.

 

JURIED & INVITATIONAL GROUP SHOWS and PUBLICATIONS

2022

"Tidal Pool 1," Tidal Pool 3," "Tidal Pool 5." 9th Annual Catamaran Art Exhibit, R. Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz.

2021

"Tidal Pool 1," Tidal Pool 3," "Tidal Pool 5." in Catamaran Literary Reader winter 2021.

2020

"Grand Bazaar, Istanbul,"   Peripheral Vision-Divergent Travel, Santa Cruz Art League.

2019

"Crossing Stoneman Meadow" and "Washing Day, Ruaha River," ARRT and Human/Nature, Resource Center for Nonviolence, Santa Cruz, CA

2018

"Over Capadoccia,"  in Full Disclosure, A National Photography Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League.

2016

"G at 13," in Arrangements in Black & White, A National Exhibit. Juror: Margaret Rinkovsky.  Santa Cruz Art League.

Five images in Porter Gulch Review 2016, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
2015

"Dead Blue Whale," (mixed media) Everybody's Ocean, Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz

"Cliche Verre Circles," Photo Alchemy, PVAC Galley, Watsonville, CA  Jurors: Tobin Keller & Ted Orland

Six images in Porter Gulch Review 2015, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA

"Water Patterns #1, #2, #4," Streams, Rivers, Bay to Sea, Michaelangelo Gallery. Juror: Angelo Grova.

"Fourth Grade, 1951," (mixed media), Mix It Up, Santa Cruz Art League. Juror: Andrea Borsuk

"Water Patterns #1 & #4," Exposed, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. Juror: Danny Sanchez

2014

"Natural Bridges Diptychs" & "Trashscapes" in Santa Cruz Photographers (invitational group show), Santa  Cruz Library, Downtown Branch.
"Winter Storm" awarded an Honorable Mention, Triton Museum of Art's 2014 Statewide Photography Competition & Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA, May-August 10. Jurors: Curators Preston Metcalf, Maria Ester Fernandez, & Stephanie Learmonth
LAND & SEA (group show), Homeless Garden Project Store, Santa Cruz. June-July
"Spring 1" and "Spring 2" in ABSTRACTIONS, February, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. Juror: Jan Rindfleisch.

2013
AT THE WATER'S EDGE Santa Cruz County Government Center, October-January
Arts Council of Santa Cruz County,28th Open Studios Art Tour, October
"Coffeeshop," BLACK & WHITE (A National Exhibit), Santa Cruz Art League, July 5-Aug. 4, 2013
"Half Dome," "Llama, Macchu Picchu," "Man on Beach," "Pelican," "Ropes," "Milkweed," & "Piglets," Porter Gulch Review 2013, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
"River to the Sea" (monotype with pastel), in WATER MARKS: FINE ART PRINTMAKING, Feb. 22-April 4, 2013, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA
2012
Cultural Council of Santa Cruz 27th Open Studios Art Tour, October
"Tidal Pool, Cowell Beach" & "Natural Bridges Diptychs," in MONTEREY BAY: LAND, AIR & SEA, PVAC Gallery, Watsonville
"Crossing Stoneman Meadow, Early Spring" in YOSEMITE RENAISSANCE XXVII, Yosemite Valley, CA
"Iris" (photopolymer etching) in PRINTS GALORE! Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
"Peet's, Downtown Santa Cruz," "Bicycles in the Snow," "Tidal Pools 1." PORTER GULCH REVIEW, Cabrillo College, CA
2011
"Early Evening, Santa Cruz Main Beach" in SCAPES: LAND, SEA, & CITY, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. Juror: Maria Medua, SFMOMA Artists Gallery.
"Bemis" (acryllic painting), in DOG SHOW: A CANINE CELEBRATION, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts,Carmel, CA
"Whimbrels & Gulls," "Natural Bridges State Beach," "Old Truck," PORTER GULCH REVIEW.
"Sea Otter" (clay whistle), STUDENT SHOW, Cabrillo College. Juror: Kathyrn McBride.
"Gabrielle's Shoes" (clay sculpture), 22ND ANNUAL CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CERAMIC ART, Davis, CA. Juror: Kathyrn McBride.
"Whimbrel" & "Landscape 1" (monotypes) in A HARVEST OF IMAGES: PAJARO VALLEY IMPRESSIONS BY MPC PRINTMAKERS PVAC Gallery, Watsonville, CA. Juror: Howard Ikemoto.
"Gabrielle & Monet." 2011 JURIED COMPETITION EXHIBIT. Center for Photographic Art. Carmel, CA. Jurors: Ted Orland, Karen Sinsheimer, Huntington Witherill.
"Gabrielle & Monet." POSE & GESTURE. PhotoPlace Gallery. Middlebury, VT. Juror: T.B. Anderson.
2010
"Three Friends, Tanzania." (acrylic painting). Coastal Art League 26th Annual Show. Half Moon Bay, CA. Juror: Fred Holle.
“Empty Nest (UPS Store)” and “Whimbrels and Gulls, Natural Bridges State Beach.” LOS PAJAROS, Pajaro Valley Arts Council Gallery, Watsonville. Selection Committee: Jane Gregorius, Susan Matulich, Annee Delaware.
“Sunflowers.” TRANSFERENCE OF LIGHT, Santa Cruz Art League. Juror: Brian Taylor.
"Coy" & "Found Sculpture." PORTER GULCH REVIEW 2010.
2009
“Heron, Golden Gate Park,” and “Edward Weston’s Beach, Point Lobos.” The Coastal Art League, 25th Annual National Juried Show, Half Moon Bay, CA Juror: Alysanne McGaffey.
“Auschwitz Display Case.” 2009 Michael Kellicutt Photo Show, Through A Lens: Contrasting Elements. Coastal Art League of Half Moon Bay. Jurors: Charles Cramer, Janet Jones, Michael Collopy.
2008
“Autumn Rain: Jade Buddha Temple.” DOUBLE EXPOSURE, Santa Cruz Art League. Juror: Dennis High.
“Festival, Cusco.” Coastal Art League, 24th Annual National Juried Show. Half Moon Bay, CA


SOLO SHOWS

2015

The Art of Daily Life, Yoga Center Santa Cruz

Celebrating Santa Cruz,  Peet's Coffee & Tea, Santa Cruz

2014
Natural Abstractions  VinoCruz, Santa Cruz, July
People & Places: Turkey, Tanzania, China, Peru  Odonata Winery Santa Cruz. April
2013
Low Tide May-August, Simpkins Family Swim Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Waterscapes March-May, Cooper Street Hair Salon, Santa Cruz, CA
2012
Waterscapes Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission & Santa Cruz County Public Library
Santa Cruz Summer Coffeetopia & Offices of Steps to Success, Santa Cruz, CA
Get A (Artful) Life Cooper Street Hair Salon, Santa Cruz, CA

2011
By the Coast. Louden Nelson Community Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Widening Circles Louden Nelson Community Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Near & Far Santa Cruz County Office of Education, Santa Cruz, CA
2010
Near & Far
Santa Cruz County Children’s Mental Health Services, Santa Cruz, CA
2009
The Best Days Public Health Administration Offices, Health Services Agency, Santa Cruz, CA
Widening Circles. Santa Cruz Central Public Library & Public Health Administration Offices, Health Services Agency, Santa Cruz, CA


GROUP SHOWS
2014
"Recycled Plastic," PVAC Members' Show, PVAC Gallery, Watsonville, July-Aug
7 at Blitzer, R. Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz. May
"West Cliff," This Is Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Art League, March
"Crossing Stoneman Meadow," in Local Essence, Santa Cruz Art League Members' Show. January
2013
Pajaro Valley Art League Members' Show, BEST IN SHOW, "Portrait of Sally" (acrylic painting), July
MYTHS, LIES, DREAMS, MPC Printmakers, Felix Kulpa Gallery, April
Santa Cruz Art League Members' Show, February
SMALL WONDERS, 12/15/2012-1/6/2013, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
2012
"Scrap" in Members' Show. PVAC Gallery, Watsonville, CA
Bicycles 2300 Delaware Ave. Santa Cruz, CA
Kindred: Connections Through Printmaking, Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz Art League Members' Show, Santa Cruz, CA
2011
"Bicycles," 2300 Delaware, Santa Cruz.
"The MPC Printmakers in Moss Landing: New Work at La Galeria," Moss Landing, CA
"Cash, Clash, & Culture," Davenport Gallery, Davenport, CA
"All Inked Up:" MPC Printmakers, Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
"Multiples": PVAC Members' Show, PVAC Gallery, Watsonville, CA
Santa Cruz Art League Members' Show, Santa Cruz, CA
Small Wonders, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
2010
Santa Cruz Art League Members' Show
Coastal Art League Members' Show
"This is Santa Cruz," Santa Cruz Art League
2009
Santa Cruz Art League Members' Show
Coastal Art League Members' Show