Born: 1959 in Princeton, New Jersey
EDUCATION:
1979-1982 Parsons School of Design, New York. BFA
1978-1979 Barnard College, New York
1977-1978 Studio Arts Center International, Florence, Italy
1977 Societa Dante Alighieri, Rome, Italy (studied Italian)
1972-1975 Castle Hill Center for the Arts. Truro, MA
TEACHING:
2010-present UCSD:
Drawing: Focus on Perception (beginning)
Drawing: Refining Technique (intermediate)
Figure Drawing I
Figure Drawing II
Introduction to Illustration
Animal Illustration
Drawing Ideas: Developing Your Sketchbook
Introduction to Painting
2002-2012 San Diego City College:
Illustration
Sketching for Illustration
FREELANCE ILLUSTRATION:
1982-present
Editorial, promotion, advertising, print, website, branding and animation
Partial client list:
ZDF/ARTE (public television, Germany)
Neiman Marcus, Herman Miller, the Atlantic
NY Times, LA Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post, Vogue, Vanity Fair, etcetera
PAINTING:
Solo Exhibitions:
2004-2019 Harmon Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts
2009 Coalesce Gallery, San Diego, California
2006 Pfizer, La Jolla, California
2002 Auto-mo-bile, Pasadena Museum of California Arts, Pasadena
2001 Park Boulevard Artworks, San Diego
2000 Illustrations, paintings and animations, Spruce Street Forum, San Diego
1999 Small Cars, Black & White Café, Darmstadt, Germany
1999 Medium Gallery, San Diego
1996 Postcards from Prague, Black & White Café, Darmstadt, Germany
1994 Magazine Covers, Gallery 3770, San Diego
Group Exhibitions:
2023 Three person show, Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown MA
2021 Four person show, Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown MA
1991-2014 Society of Illustrators Annual Juried Shows, New York
2006 Judy Saslow Gallery, Chicago
1993 Society of Illustrators, Los Angeles
2003 RSVP Dream Show, New York
2001 Group show of women artists, Flux Gallery, San Diego
1999 RSVP Portrait Exhibition at Society of Illustrators, New York
1998 Organica Gallery, San Diego
1995 Arts Downtown Group Exhibitions, San Diego
ANIMATIONS:
2003 Krakow Film Festival
2003 San Diego Film Foundation, “Celebration of Shorts”
2002 RESFEST International, multimedia film festival
2002 Mr. Lou in Love: broadcast in France and Germany, public television channel ZDF
1998 Mr. Lou: broadcast in France and Germany, public television channel ZDF
1997 Underwear Stories: Spike and Mike’s Classic Festival of Animation
1996 Underwear Stories: broadcast in France and German, public television channel ZDF
PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS:
2011 North Park Garage. 16 large-scale banners. Sponsored by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Diego.
