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NATURAL ELEMENTS
Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
December 2023 –January 2024
Curated by Marianne McGrath
This invitational juried exhibit pays homage to the varied forms and forces of nature, featuring artists whose work is rooted in the natural world’s influence.
Genealogy, Fern 326. Oil, graphite on canvas, 60 x 48 in. 2021
SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL, LOBBY
San Leandro, CA
Installation: 2024
Clamor from the Forest Floor.
Archival fine art print, lobby installation.
Image size: 27 x 27 in. Curation: Grigio Art Consultants
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
Post Montgomery Center, San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibit: July – October 2023
Curated by Slate Contemporary Gallery, Oakland, CA
Slate Contemporary, in partnership with Slate Art Consulting, produces exhibitions from local artists in public corporate spaces in San Francisco, Oakland, and throughout the Bay Area.
VOYAGE
Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Exhibition: November – December 2022
Juror: Emilee Enders
PINT SIZE: Small Scale Assemblage
Transmission Gallery San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
January – February 2023
An exhibit of small-scale assemblage and found object sculptures and wall-mounted artworks, a treasure trove of found objects and materials.
Urban Forest 3: Homecoming. Front View
Discarded tree branches, telephone wire, buttons, beads, floral tape. 7 x 7 x 2 in.
NATURAL HABITATS
Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
Exhibition: January – February 2022
Jurors: Donna Seager and Suzanne Gray
“Artists grapple with questions of environment, endangered species, isolation and new definitions of roles and responsibilities to each other and the natural world.”
Flashpoint Fern 294 describes the emotional impact of annual wildfires that have besieged the West Coast for months on end. It recalls the ephemeral beauty of nature and the resilience of species that survive despite environmental challenges.
Flashpoint, Fern 294. Oil on canvas, 24 x 24 in.
ECO-CENTRIC
Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
May–July 2021
This exhibit addresses the fragility and sustainability of our natural environment. Working in a range of styles and mediums, the participating artists investigate human impacts on biodiversity, resource consumption, ecology, pollution, recycling, energy policy.
Time Will Tell, Fern 263. Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in.
CROCKER KINGSLEY 2021 EXHIBITION
Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
Exhibition: January – February 2021
Juror: Carrie Lederer
“The ideas behind the work in this show create a vast survey of daily life and address concepts of memory, human nature, identity, politics, history, the environment and social concerns.”
Dream Fever, Fern 276. Oil on canvas, 44 x 36 in. 2019.
EARTH WORKS: ART IN ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT
Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Exhibition: March — May 2020
Juror: Karl Kusserow, Curator of American Art,
Princeton University Art Museum
Features the diversity of artistic practice among contemporary environmentally-engaged artists.
No Doubt About It, Fern 261. Oil on panel, 16 x 16 in.
HABITAT CALIFORNIA: FLORA AND FAUNA
Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palo Verdes, CA
Exhibition: February – April 2020
Juror: Tulsa Kinney, Editor of Artillery
Artists examine the shifting ecosystems inhabited by California’s plants and wildlife. Recalibrate evolved in response to U.S. withdrawal in 2019 from the Paris Agreement, which addresses global impacts of climate change. On his first day in office in 2021, President Biden signed the accord, bringing the U.S. back into the agreement.
Recalibrate (Blues for Paris), Fern 111. Oil on panel, 24 x 24 in.
WEST COAST BIENNIAL
Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA
January – April 2019
Juror: Carrie Lederer
Hijinx, Fern 274. Oil on panel, 30 x 24 in.
BEFORE THE CLOCKS HELD TIME
NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA
Solo Exhibition: October 2019
The Pandora Chronicles, Fern 259. Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in.
UPLIFT: Celebrating the Sierra Nevada
Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
October – November 2019
Juror: Jeanne Lorenz
Explores the Sierra Nevada’s terrain, ecology, geology, history, recreation, and endemic species of plant and animals, as well as its effect on the culture and climate of California and Nevada.
Tail Spin, Corn Lily 191. Oil on panel, 10 x 10 in.
Art Advisors: Chandra Cerrito/Art Advisors
Dublin, CA
Four Thistle paintings from the Wild Things series are included in the extensive collection of artwork displayed throughout the Dublin medical offices.
Installation photo for KP Dublin
Thistle Oakland Blue 98. Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in. 2013.
Collection, Kaiser Permanente
IN THE FIELDS: BOTANICAL LORE
Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
November – December, 2018
Juror: Jennifer Perlmutter
The history of art shows us that artists and plants are a natural pairing. Artists have been creating botanical lore for centuries, inspired by the forms, colors, myths, metaphors, science, and symbolism of plants.
Unbridled, Corn Lily 158. Oil on panel, 36 x 36 in.
SMALL WORKS: Selections by Phil Linhares
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
June – August 2018
Juror’s Award
No Turning Back, Corn Lily, 185. Oil on panel, 10 x 10 in. Juror’s Award.
NO MUD, NO LOTUS
Orangeland Gallery, San Francisco, CA
June – July 2018
Curated by Candace Loheed
Botanical art inspired by Mother Nature and Buddha Nature
Take Leave of Our Senses, Corn Lily 161. Oil on panel, 36 x 36 in.
OUT LOUD
Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, CA
Solo Exhibit: November – December 2017
Lobby Firehouse, November 2017, Out Loud exhibit.
THE GARDENER
San Francisco Ferry Building,
Berkeley, and Healdsburg locations
March – June 2017
The Gardener, Healdsburg, CA
BACKYARD BEAUTY
Firehouse Arts Center
Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA
June – July 2016
Participating artists: ,
Reception: Backyard Beauty, Harpist: Dominique Piana