EDUCATION
1970 AA French
1974 BA San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1991-92 Gavilan College Minor: Art, Gilroy CA
WORKSHOPS AND PRIVATE EDUCATION
2021 Cold Wax Academy workshop, Rebecca Crowell & Jerry Mclaughlin
2017 Karen Kaapcke, Menlo Park, CA
2017 Six Approaches to Abstracting the Figure, Melinda Cootsona
2017 Pathways to Abstraction Part 2, Pauline Agnew
2017 Natural Impulses, Expressive Landscape, Pauline Agnew
2016 Pathways to Abstraction, Pauline Agnew
2016 Cold Wax, Melinda Cootsona, Menlo Park
2016 Martin Campos PAFA, Menlo Park, CA 2016
2001 Charles Sovek, Sebastopol, CA
2009 Randall Sexton, Los Gatos, CA 2009
1999 Color Seeing, Camille Przewodek, Saratoga, CA
1998-96 Color and Composition, Mike Linstrom, Los Gatos, CA
1995 Charles Movalli, Monterey,
1994 Oil Painting, George de Groat
1993 Life Drawing George de Groat, Carmel, CA
1993-91 Color and Composition, Diane Wallace, Morgan Hill, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Story of Twelve, Colibri Gallery, Morgan Hill, CA
2015 Private Show, Morgan Hill, CA
2014 Gilroy Art Alliance, Gilroy CA
2014 Community Cultural Center, Morgan Hill, CA (Juried: Amy Whelan)
2014 Rosewood CordeValle, San Martin, CA
2007 California Cowboy, Private Show, Santana Row, San Jose, CA
1999 In The Garden, Goose Pond Gallery, Morgan Hill, CA
1995 Let’s Play Ball, Gallery Morgan Hill, Morgan Hill, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Above and Below”, Artsy, Juror Jennifer Perlmutter
2022 Women artists Making Their Mark, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley CA, juror Seager Gray Gallery
2022 Red” Exhibition, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA-Juror Jen Tough
2022 Choice” Exhibition, Artsy, Art Alliance
2021 Watermelon Sugar High Art Alliance
2008 Two Fish, San Jose, CA
2009 Leedo Gallery, Gilroy, CA
2005 Rosewood CordeValle, San Martin, CA
2003 Clos Los Chance, San Martin, CA
2002 “Breath of Fresh Air” Morgan Hill, CA
2000 Gilroy 2000 Art & Culture Exhibit, Gilroy, CA
1999 Circle of Eight, Los Gatos Museum of Art, Los Gatos, CA
1998 Local Essence Art and Cultural Exhibit, Gilroy, CA
1998 Home Again, Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA,
1995 Fourth Annual Local Essence Art Exhibit, Gilroy, CA
1994 “For the Love of Color” Artist Forum Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
1994 Gilroy Art Show, Gilroy, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2014 “From Lumberwoman to Published Artist” May 28,Morgan Hill Times, Morgan Hill CA
2014 The Importance of Color and the Composition of Light: An interview with Janet Vanderhoof June 27 LAAH online magazine
2013 “A Beautiful Journey” June 6, Morgan Hill Times, Morgan Hill, CA
2002 “Painter Follows Her Bliss”, September, Pinnacle Newspaper, Gilroy, CA
1995 “Strike Caused Artist to Depict Baseball Greats”, May, San Jose Mercury Newspaper, San Jose, CA
1995 Exhibit Recalls Baseball Nostalgic Days”, Let’s Go/Gilroy Dispatch, Gilroy, CA
1994 “For Love of Color Artist Forum Gallery”, September, The Guide: A digest of Art exhibitions in Northern California
AWARDS
2004 Local Artist Series, First Place plus image on wine label Guglielmo Winery, Morgan Hill, CA
2000 Gilroy 2000 Art and Culture Exhibit, Third Place, Gilroy, CA (Juror: Rebecca M Schapp)
1998 First and Third Place oil, Local Essence Show Gilroy, CA (Jurors- Christine Hanlon, Audrey Ray, and
1998 Margaret Keelan Faculty Academy of art College San Francisco
1995 First Place oil, Gilroy Art Show, Gilroy, CA (Juror: L. Van Waldron)
1995 Second Place oil, Santa Clara County Fair, San Jose, CA
1995 First Place oil, Local Essence Show, Gilroy, CA (Juror: PatriciiaSuggs)
1994 First Place and Honorable Mention oil, Local Essence Show, Gilroy, CA (Juror: Carlos Perez)
1994 First Place Oil, Gilroy Art Show, Gilroy, CA (Juror: Joyce Valpey)
1992 Theater Angels Scholarship, Gavilan College, Gilroy (Jurors Art Faculty)
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
2017-2018 Colibri Art and Frame, Morgan Hill, CA
2014-2018 Fast Frame, Morgan Hill, CA
2007-2018 Leedo Gallery, Gilroy, CA
1998-1999 Goose Pond Gallery, Morgan Hill. CA
1994-1995 Artist Forum Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
1995-1997 Gallery Morgan Hill, Morgan Hill, CA
PUBLISHER
2007-2018 Grand Image, 4730 Ohio Avenue South, Seattle WA 98134
COLLECTIONS
Private collection, Vancouver, Canada
Private collection, Toronto, Ontario
Private collection, Eugene, Oregon
Private collection, Paris, France
Private collection, Danbury, Connecticut
Private collection, New York, New York
Private collection, Kansas City, Missouri
Private collection, Hanalei, Kauai
Private collection, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
Private collection, Atherton, Campbell, Gilroy, Healdsburg, Morgan Hill, Redwood City, San Martin, San Jose, Piedmont, Woodside, California