Education
1970 - 73 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1968 - 70 Bournemouth College of Art, England
1963 - 66 Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Advanced Studies
1970 Julius Hatofsky, San Francisco Art Institute
1968 - 70 Jon Fish, expert in color theory and science of visual perception
1968 - 70 Samuel Rabin, master draughtsman from the Slade
1967 James Barker, student of Oskar Kokoschka
Professional Experience
1980 - present Studio Painting Class, interrelation of color theory and light, Oakland, CA
1986 - 87 Associate Editor, Frontera News, Berkeley, CA
1985 - 86 Steering Committee, ‘Friends of Nicaraguan Culture’
1983 - 84 Coordinator, Artist Tour of Nicaragua ’84, Bay Area, CA
1980 - 86 Instructor/Guest Artist: Terry St. John’s Landscape Painting Class, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
1967 - 68 Capo Grupo de Restauro Fuori, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
1999 Kennedy Art Center, College of Holy Names, Oak,CA
1997 Rotunda, Oakland Federal Building, Oakland, CA
1996 Lizardi/Harp Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
1993 - 95 Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1993 Cornelius Ayerwood Gallery, Concord, MA
1992 Kennedy Art Center, College of Holy Names, Oakland, CA
1991 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989 Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1989 Torsiello Gallery, Oakland, CA
1988 Victor Fischer Galleries, San Francisco, CA
1987 Victor Fischer Galleries, Oakland, CA
1986 Pro-Arts, Oakland, CA
1985 Casa de Cultura Nicaragüense, San Francisco, CA
1982 Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1979 Valley Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA
1977 Lucien Labaudt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1975 Berkeley City Council Chambers, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Two or Three Person Exhibitions
2000 Stanford Exhibition Spaces, Stanford, CA 1994 Ellie Samimi Gallery, Orinda, CA
1992 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
‘Urban Landscapes’
1978 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
‘The Outdoor Studio’
Group Exhibitions
1994 Millard Sheets Gallery, Los Angeles County Fair, L.A. , CA
1994 Adobe Art Center, Antioch, CA
1993 Istituto Italiano, San Francisco, CA
‘Americans Painting Italy’
1993 Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA
‘Diversity/Influences’
1992 Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, CA
‘California Dreamin’ ’
1992 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
‘Still Life and Landscape’
1992 Gallery Concord, Concord, CA
‘Town and Country’
1992 Oliver Art Center, CCAC, Oakland, CA
‘Corollaries of Apprehension’
1991 San Diego Museum, San Diego, CA
‘California Cityscapes’
1990 San Francisco Museum Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
‘The San Francisco Blues Show’
1990 Perception Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
1984 Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
‘Artists’ Tour of Nicaragua ’84’
1981 South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
‘San Francisco Art Institute Alumni ’60s & ’70s’
1980 Capricorn Asunder Gallery, San Francisco, CA
‘Painterly Painters’
1978 Marshall Meyers Gallery, San Francisco, CA
‘Contemporary California Art’
Juried Exhibitions
1998 Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA.
1997 Mesa Gallery, Mesa, Arizona
'Get Real'
1992 Leslie Levy Fine Art, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ
‘Contemporary Realism’
1991 Bedford Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA
‘Juried Biennial’
Selected Corporate Collections
Gary Datich, Los Angeles, CA
Downey Brand Seymour & Rohwer, Sacramento, CA
Wendel Rosen Black & Dean, Oakland, CA
Kaiser Foundation, Oakland, CA
Bramelea Pacific, Oakland, CA
San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, CA
Port of Oakland, Oakland, CA
Du Vivier Co., Encinitas, CA
National Television
1996 KRON Channel 4, San Francisco, News special feature produced by John Kessler / Gary Mercer and aired nationally on CNN
Awards
1996 Partnership in Preservation Award — Oakland Heritage Alliance
1996 Oakland Individual Artist Business Arts Award - Oakland Chamber of Commerce
1994 Gold Medal, California Discovery Awards
1990 W.E.S.T.A.F. — N.E.A. Fellowship
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