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About Me . . .When I was in kindergarten I did a crayon drawing that the teacher was moved to bring to the attention of the Principal. That's when I first knew I was an artist. My parents gave me a set of oil paints for my ninth birthday together with a certificate for painting lessons from May Palmer Hawkins of Newburgh, New York. Her dynamic teachings and inventive lifestyle influenced the rest of my life. I went to her studio once a week until graduating high school. In my senior year of high school, my art instructor, Leo Irrera, taught me the basic techniques of visionary painting, and urged me to apply to the Rhode Island School of Design. I did and was accepted. There I earned my Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting and was chosen as the one student in the school to represent RISD at the prestigious Yale Norfolk Summer School of Music and Art. RISD subsequently selected me, along with seventeen other students to spend my senior year of college in Italy. After studying in Rome, I completed my thesis project in Venice, where I painted views of the canals from my rooftop done in oils and watercolors. There I was able to study the great masters works in the museums and often sketched directly from the paintings or sculptures, learning about color, composition, perspective and anatomy. The galleries where my work is currently shown are:
I teach classes and workshops in art, herbs, aromatherapy and calligraphy in several places in North Carolina. See Classes & Workshops page. My art is a reflection of my classical education, travels and postgraduate metaphysical studies. My style stems from a combination of my inner visions and outward beauty here in the Blue Ridge Mountains. My studio is in Little Switzerland, North Carolina. I have written the cookbook, The Organic Gourmet; delicious and nutritious recipes inspired by world cuisine. That book, published in 1995, is now out of print. These days I am working on a new cookbook, Spirit of the Blue Ridge; Gourmet Organic Recipes for Life. I am currently completing another project, The Insight Deck; a set of fifty-four cards that fuse my paintings, philosophy and writings. The Insight Deck Handbook accompanies it with psychic interpretations by Angela Moore plus my own numerical interpretations, affirmations and meditative journeys. (Click on Other Work to see both the cards and the cookbook).Top of page Credentials . . .One Person Exhibitions2000 March Mayland Community College, Spruce Pine, North Carolina 1999 June Fizz, San Francisco, California1993 February The Hemlock Society, San Francisco, California 1988 January Heartsong Metaphysical Center, Albany California 1986 September Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California 1979 April Amber Gallery, San Francisco, California 1978 September Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael, California 1977 May Mystic Star Gallery, Santa Cruz, California 1976 November Lomi School, Mill Valley, California Top of page Group Exhibitions2005 Artists Statements Gallery, Burnsville, NC2005 Illumbra Gallery, Bakersville, NC 2004-01 Blue Moon Books, Spruce Pine, N 1993 Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, Ca. 1994-92 Vision and Magick, Petaluma, Ca. 1988 March “The Visionaries”, Bridge of Beauty, San Francisco, Ca. 1987 June, “Summer of Love” Bridge of Beauty, San Francisco, Ca. 1986 August “Bay Area Scene” San Mateo Arts Council, Belmont, Ca. 1986 July “Bay Area Scene”, Hall of Flowers, San Francisco, Ca. 1986 April “Life within Life”, Collins Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. 1986 March “Icons to Modern Spiritualism”, The Minx Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. 1986 March “She” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, Ca. 1985 Sept. “Contemporary Art, 30,000 BC to the Present” San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, Ca., 1985 August Isis Unlimited, Mill Valley, Ca., 1985 April “One Hundred Vows to the Sun; Surrealist Painting, Culture and Poetry“ Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. 1985 May Illuminarium Gallery, Larkspur, Ca. 1985 May “The Dream Show” Collins Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. 1985 February Isis Unlimited, Mill Valley, Ca. 1984 Sept. Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, Ca. 1984 June “Emergence” Collins Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. 1983 Sept. “Liberation of the Imagination” Collins Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. 1983 October “Crystal Energy” College of Marin Fine Arts Gallery, Kentfield, Ca. 1982-81 Amber Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. 1981 Sept. “Visionary Art”, Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, Ca. 1978 “Vision Quest”, Hall of Flowers, San Francisco, Ca. 1974 “The Rainbow Show”, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, Ca. 1974 Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. 1973 “Annual Watercolor Show”, New York Watercolor Society, New York, NY Top of page Portrait Commissions1993 Susan Stein, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania1992 Esther Ekus, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1991 Dr. Jerry Binnings, San Rafael, California 1989 Madge Robbins, Mesa, Arizona 1983 Shirley Woodward, Bolinas, California 1981 Dawn Salinger, San Rafael, California 1978 Brenda and Jason Cooper, Kauai, Hawaii 1977 Hadden Roth, San Rafael, California Top of page Private CollectionsMills College, Oakland CaliforniaThomas Burke, Pomegranate, Mill Valley, California John Kaye, San Rafael, California Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England Top of page Publications1995 “The Organic Gourmet: Recipes and Resources from a Seasonal Kitchen” Written by Barbara Kahn. Published by Frog Limited, Berkeley, California1982 “Illuminations” - A video combining images of my paintings and nature photography with music. 1968 March 16, Time Magazine cover. My art is part of this cover together with the Robert Joffrey Ballet, Ast art. 1967 Greeting cards and posters published by East Totem West, Mill Valley, CA. (Company has since been sold and changed its name.) Top of page Teaching Experience2000-2004 Instructor: Watercolor Painting, Mayland Community College, Spruce Pine, NC2000-2004 Instructor: Calligraphy, DK Puttyroot, Burnsville, NC 2000-2004 Instructor: Creativity Workshops, Little Switzerland, NC 1980-1999 Instructor: Techniques of Visionary Painting, Marin County, Ca. Top of page Travels that influence my work1972 - 73 Traveled through Europe, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Lived in India for a year.1963 - 64 Mexico; San Blas and San Miguel de Allende 1961 - 62 Italy and Europe, lived in Rome and Venice and studied paintings and art in all of the great museums of Europe. |
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