Bio and Shows
Artist’s Statement
My first camera was a Brownie pinhole and I got it when I was ten. My parents drove to Palm Springs and on the way we stopped at an overlook. I saw the pattern of the smooth black road winding down the mountain, dipping, curving, disappearing, and reappearing amidst the rugged desert landscape. It looked cool. It was more than a road. I took my first picture. I still have it. Since then I have had a decades-long intense relationship with photography.
My images hope to speak to that need to see more of what is: from opulent feathers, to mystical stone, to a solitude. We are metaphoric beings. The way we see our surroundings helps us to develop and convey an inner sense of deep and meaningful mystery. Author Joan Didion speaks of the importance of acknowledging the ‘shimmer’ around objects – that glimmer of a different, deeper meaning, and she describes an artistic quest to discover its inner ‘grammar.’ Like Didion, I look for the magic in the world’s elements to try and find the ‘grammar in the shimmer’.
Shows and Exhibitions
2021
Juried/Judged Shows
63rd Annual Spring Show – Redwood Art Association
Award – “Award of Merit”
Group Shows
Humboldt Count Airport – One Year
2020
Juried/Judged Shows
20/20 Vision – Morris Graves Museum of Art – Eureka, CA
2020 New Year Exhibition – Redwood Art Association
Group Shows
Humboldt County Airport – One Year
North Coast Lens – Online (COVID)
Redwood Art Association – Spring Show – Online (COVID)
Redwood Camera Club Exhibit – Upstairs Gallery – Arcata, CA
2019
Solo Shows
Redwood Capital Bank – Eureka, CA
Juried/Judged Shows
Fall Show – 61st Annual, Redwood Art Association – Eureka, CA
Award – “Award of Merit”
Spring Show – Redwood Art Association – Eureka, CA
Award — “Award of Merit”
Images of Water – Morris Graves Museum of Art
Award — “First Place”
Humboldt Photography Exhibition – Redwood Art Association
Award — “Award of Excellence”
North Valley Art League 2019 Regional Photo Show, Redding, CA
Group Exhibitions
Hagopian Gallery
2018
Gallery
The Tannery — Gallery 125, Santa Cruz, CA
Juried/Judged Shows
Humboldt County Airport – Spring
Humboldt Photography Exhibition at Redwood Art Association
Award – “Award of Excellence”
Award – “Unique Vision”
Images of Water – Morris Graves Museum of Art
Fall Show – Redwood Art Association
Award — “Honorable Mention”
Group Exhibitions
Spring Show – Redwood Art Association, RAA Gallery, Eureka, CA
Hagopian Gallery, Eureka, CA
F Street Foto Gallery – “Three” Eureka, CA
2017
Juried/Judged Shows
1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA – “Exposed – The Contemporary Nude”
Black Faun Gallery, Eureka, CA – Dual Show
Humboldt County Airport – One Year Exhibit
Humboldt Photography Exhibition at Redwood Art Association
Award – “Award of Excellence”
North Valley Art League 2017 Regional Juried Show, Redding, CA
Award – “Honorable Mention”
Northwest Eye – Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
Redwood Coast Art Association – Crescent City, CA
Award — First Prize
Upstairs Gallery, Arcata,CA,
Group Exhibitions
Redwood Art Association Fall Exhibition, RAA Gallery, Eureka, CA
F Street Foto Gallery – “Trilogy” Eureka, CA
F Street Foto Gallery – “Bridges” Eureka, CA
2016
Juried/Judged Shows
Humboldt County Airport – One Year Exhibit
Humboldt Photography Exhibition, Eureka, CA
Award – “Redwood Camera Club Founder’s Award”
North Valley Art League 2016 International Juried Show, Redding, CA
North Valley Art League 2016 Regional Juried Show, Redding, CA
Northwest Eye Regional Photo Exhibition – Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
Redwood Art Association 58th Annual Fall Show, Eureka, CA
Award – “Best of Photography”
Redwood Art Association Artist’s Choice Exhibition, Eureka, CA
Award – “Honorable Mention”
Solo Exhibitions
F Street Foto Gallery – “Light Stories”, Eureka, CA
Vanity – “Light Journeys”, Eureka, CA
Group Exhibitions
F Street Foto Gallery – Redwood Camera Club: “From Trinidad to
Moonstone,” Eureka, CA
Uptstairs Gallery – “December Show,” Arcata, CA
2015
Juried/Judged Shows
Humboldt Photography Exhibition, Eureka, CA
Award — “Unique Vision”
Hagopian Gallery
North Valley Art League 2015 International Juried Show, Redding, CA
Redwood Art Association 2015 Winter Exhibition, Eureka, CA
Award – “Honorable Mention”
Redwood Art Association – 57th Annual Spring Exhibition
Redwood Art Association – 57th Annual Fall Exhibition
Solo Exhibition
Redwood Capital Bank
Exhibitions
F Street Foto Gallery, Eureka, CA
Mad River Community Hospital, Arcata CA
Redwood Art Association, Eureka, CA ‘Transportation’
Upstairs Art Gallery, Arcata, CA
Representation
Sewell Gallery, Eureka, CA (closed 2015)
2014
Juried/Judged Shows
Coast Redwood Art Association, Crescent City, CA
Award – “Honorable Mention”
Darkroom Gallery, “Blue,” Essex Junction, VT
Northwest Eye, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
North Valley Art League 2014 International Juried Show, Redding, CA
Humboldt Photography Exhibition – RAA Gallery, Eureka, CA
Award – “Unique Vision”
Redwood Art Association 56th Annual Fall Exhibition, Eureka, CA
Award – “Best of Show – Photography”
Solo Shows
Piante Gallery – Eureka, CA
Plaza – Arcata, CA
Exhibitions
F Street Foto Gallery – Group Show: “Humboldt Bay”
Piante Gallery, Eureka, CA – Group Show: “Horses”
Representation
Sewell Gallery, Eureka, CA
2013
Juried/Judged Shows
Coast Redwood Art Association, Crescent City, CA
Award – “Grand Prize”
Northwest Eye, Morris Graves Museum of Art
Humboldt County Airport, McKinleyville, CA
Six Month Exhibit
Sewell Gallery
Featured Artist, February 2013
Exhibitions
F Street Foto Gallery
Hagopian Gallery
Old Town Art Gallery
Redwood Art Association, Spring Show
Redwood Art Association, Fall Show
Representation
Sewell Gallery
2012
Juried/Judged Shows
Darkroom Gallery, “Rare Earth”, Essex Junction, VT
Images of Water — Morris Graves Museum of Art
Award – “Honorable Mention”
Northwest Eye, Morris Graves Museum of Art
Award – “Best of Show”
Redwood Art Association New Year Show
Award – “Honorable Mention”
Humboldt Photography Exhibition
Award – “Honorable Mention”
Representation
Sewell Gallery, Eureka
Exhibitions
Caffenol Exhibit, Redwood Art Association Gallery, Eureka
Hagopian Gallery, Eureka
Mad River Hospital, Arcata
Old Town Art Gallery, Eureka
Redwood Art Association, Spring Show
Redwood Art Association, Summer Show
Redwood Art Association, Winter Show
Redwood Memorial Hospital, Fortuna
Wine Spot, Eureka
2011
Juried Shows
Images of Water, Morris Graves Museum of Art
Northwest Eye, Morris Graves Museum of Art
Old Town Art Gallery
Featured artist
Solo Show
Humboldt Herbals
Exhibitions
F Street Foto Gallery
Hagopian Gallery
Humboldt Arts Council, Member Show, Morris Graves Museum of Art
Humboldt Photography Exhibition
Mad River Hospital
Redwood Art Association Spring Exhibit
Redwood Art Association Summer Show
Redwood Art Association Fall Show
Redwood Memorial Hospital
2010
Juried Shows
Humboldt Arts Council, Members Show, Morris Graves Museum of Art
Images of Water, Morris Graves Museum of Art
Northwest Eye, Morris Graves Museum of Art
Vermont Photo Space, Essex Junction, VT
Exhibitions
Gallery of Arts and Culture, Crescent City
Humboldt Photography Exhibition
Prosperity Center, Eureka
Redwood Art Association Spring Exhibit
Redwood Art Association Fall Show, Morris Graves Museum of Art
Redwood Memorial Hospital
Westhaven Art Center
2009
Juried Shows
Images of Water, Morris Graves Museum of Art
Northwest Eye, Morris Graves Museum of Art
Exhibitions
Humboldt Photography Exhibition
Award – “Honorable Mention”
Redwood Memorial Hospital
2008
Juried Shows
Images of Water, Morris Graves Museum of Art
Exhibitions
North Coast Small Business Development Center
2007
Juried Shows
Northwest Eye, Morris Graves Museum of Art
Images of Water, Morris Graves Museum of ArExhibitions
Exhibitions
NCSBDC, Crescent City
Pan Arts Network, Arcata
2005
Juried Shows
Northwest Eye, Morris Graves Museum of Art
Exhibitions
Booklegger
2004
Juried Shows
Northwest Eye, Morris Graves Museum of Art
1994
Arcata Family Medical Group
Photojournalism:
North Coast Journal – Articles and Photography by Stilson Snow
2005
“Runway Rites”
“A Bird’s Eye View”
2004
“Stuck on Stones”