Art Education / Experience Ann’s Art Studio, Kerikeri, Northland 2011-present Ongoing exploration in wire, making Spirit Vessels and Wire masks Continuing work in oil, acrylics, watercolour, clay, multimedia North Tech, Kerikeri, Northland 2012-2015 Painting & ceramics coursework under Scott McFarlane & Richard Parker Santa Rosa Junior College, California 2005-2011 Design, composition, sculpture, figure, abstract, colour, plein aire, landscape & art history With Alan Alzarian, Marsha McConnell, Micheal McGuiness, Lisa Bersteen & Lynn Ostling Sonoma Plein Aire Painters with Frank Gannon, Lisa Bernsten & others 2007-2010 Monthly painting outings with locally acclaimed artists. Peer instruction & critique sessions. Soreze and Provence, France~Artist Retreat Workshop Summer 2007 Two week art immersion in landscape en plein aire with Suzy Spafford and CArole Watanabe University of California at Santa Barbara & Berkeley 1967-1971 Art History, Portraiture, Drawing, graduated with honours with M.A. in Social Sciences Art Recognition / Achievements Book, Artworks of Opua, by Greg Philpot 2020 A featured artist, with bio and painting ‘View from Doug’s Dry Dock’ oil on canvas. Kerikeri Open Art Studios Trail (KOAST) 2013-2019 Founder of KOAST and Chair for 5 years, orchestrating its success; trail grew from 20 to 60+ artists. Sonoma Harvest Fair & Sonoma County Fair, Santa Rosa, California Best of Show at SHF: Sun Kissed Country, oil, Pepperwood Preserve, CA 20 x 16 2009 Best of Show at SCF: Sonoma Coast from Goat Rock, acrylic, seascape 18 x 14 2009 First Place Drawing/Pastel: In the Valley Below, Pepperwood Preserve, CA 17 x 12 2009 Marin County Fair, San Rafael, California Best of Show: Samurai Sunset acrylic abstract 24 x 20 2010 First Place Pastels/Landscapes: Quilt of Her Dreams, pastel 22 x 17 2009
Associations / Exhibitions Turner Centre Art Exhibitions, Kerikeri, NZ Joan Honeyfield, director 2016-2024 Oil paintings in: Golden Days Feb 2024, Seafaring Mar 2024 100 x 100 Show April 2024 100 x 100 Show, 100 works by 100 artists, in 5 annual shows. 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024 Kerikeri Open Art Studios Trail (KOAST) 3 days over Labour Weekend in October 2013-2024 Founder, Organizer, Chairman (5 years) and annual exhibitor Creative Communities Scheme, Far North District Council, Kathleen Terwin, FNDC Administrator 2021-2024 Member of Committee assessing grant applications for the Arts Art in Paihia, Northland ~ Cooperative Gallery, Audrey Johnson, director 2017, 2018, 2023 Showcasing Spirit Vessels & the Orange Series of oil paintings Whangarei Heads Art Trail (WHAT) Sheila Blackburn, director April 2022 Guest artist Showcasing Spirit Vessels, Wire Masks, Landscape and Orange Series of oil paintings Kerikeri Art Trail 2022 – art trail when KOAST didn’t happen due to Covid Oct 2022 Organized a ‘pop-up’ trail, invited 20 local artists, designed flyer, advertised, & exhibited my work. Kerikeri International Piano Competition (KIPC) John Jackets, Director & Sylvia Burch, Chair 2014-2022 Member of the Board of Trustees, tasked with grants, catering, advertisements, welcoming & hosting pianists from around the world. It was the premier competition in the Southern Hemisphere. Art in Kerikeri ~Summer Gallery in Kerikeri Joan Honeyfield & Brenda Moir, directors 2015 & 2017 Exhibition of oil paintings, Copper Wire Sculpture and Pottery with 4-6 other artists.
And... Prior to moving to New Zealand in 2011, I lived in the Bay Area of California, teaching primary school for 15 years, managing and owning Winship Travel in San Francisco for 8 years, and running a catering business for 5 years, while enjoying world travel, art, home renovation, and being a mother.