EDUCATION
1987 MFA, Painting, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1985 MA, Painting, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1981 Fifth Year Graduate Certificate in Art, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
1978 BA in Art, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1999-present Notre Dame de Namur University, Associate Professor, Department of Art, Belmont, CA Tenure Granted 2005
1991-1999 Santa Rosa Junior College, Adjunct Instructor, Department of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
1991-1997 University of California, Santa Cruz, Adjunct Professor, Outdoor Painters Project, Lecturer, Painting
1989 Santa Rosa Junior College Department of Art, Instructor, full time, one-semester Ssabbatical replacement

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 "Robert Poplack: Drawings," Gump's Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 "Painting, Drawing and Sculpture," Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) at Finn Center, Mountain View, CA
2005 "Landscape Based Works on Paper," Canada College, Redwood City, CA
2003 "Land and Water: Recent Abstract Landscapes," Stanford University Faculty Club, Stanford, CA
1994 "Rural Landscapes," O.K. Harris/David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
1990 "Recent Paintings," Hackett Freedman Gallery, (formerly Contemporary Realist Gallery), San Francisco, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 "Consider the Source: Nature as Reference and Inspiration," Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, CA
2008 "Small Works Exhibition," Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
2006 "Barett Wilson Collection," San Francisco Art Exchange, San Francisco, CA
2006 "Earth in Upheaval," Sonoma Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
2006 Fremont Art Association, Annual Art Competition, Fremont, CA
2006 "Landscapes," San Mateo County Center, San Mateo, CA
2006 "The Group," Odd Fellow Hall, San Francisco, CA
2003 "Landscape: East Coast/West Coast," Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
2003 "Unbound Vistas: Artists Interpret the Northern California Landscape," Saint Mary's College, Moraga, CA, juried exhibition
2003 "NDNU Faculty Exhibition at Skyline," Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
2003 "The Curatorial Eye," 15 Perspectives, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
2001 "Landscapes," d.p. Fong Galleries, San Jose, CA
2000 "Reinventing the Physical World: Seven Artists Exploring the Interplay Between Abstraction and Representation," Campus Art Gallery, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
2000 Small Works Exhibition, Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA, juried exhibition
1999 "At the Millennium: Contemporary Paintings from Northern California," Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
1998 "Adjunct Faculty New Work," Santa Rosa Junior College Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
1997 "You Are Here: Bay Area Artists," The Student Center Art Gallery, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
1997 "Urban Landscape II," Long Beach Civic Arts Gallery, Long Beach, CA, juried exhibition
1996 "Histories and Legacies," Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2996 "Substantive Light: The Work of Four Bay Area Painters," California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
1995 "Faculty Paints," Santa Rosa Junior College Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
1995 "Palette of Light," The Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA
1995 "Plein Air Painters," The Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
1994 "Faculty Collects," Fresno State University Museum, Fresno, CA
1994 "New Bay Area Painting," Contemporary Realist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 "Landscape into Art," National Institute for Art and Disabilities, Richmond, CA
1993 "Landscape," Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
1993 "Bay Area Painting," Contemporary Realist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993 "Central and Northern California Landscapes," Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
1993 "Painting From Nature," Los Medanos College, Pittsburg, CA
1991 "Bay Area Painting II," Contemporary Realist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991 "Contemporary Landscape Painting," Santa Rosa Junior College Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
1991 "San Francisco Past and Present," One Market Plaza, San Francisco, CA
1990 "Slopes of Diablo II," Valley Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1990 "New Bay Area Painting," Contemporary Realist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990 "Contra Costa Contours," Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1989 "Art Against AIDS," Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, CA
1989 "A Closer Look," Gallery Concord, Concord, CA
1989 "The California Scene," Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1989 "Six Northern California Plein Air Painters," Davis-Stinson Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
1988 "Introductions '88," The Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1988 "Points of View," Los Medanos College, Pittsburg, CA
1988 "Bay Area Views," The Oakland Museum Rental Gallery, Oakland, CA
1988 "Premiere Exhibition," Gallery Concord, Concord, CA
1988 "Contemporary Plein Air Painters of Northern California," Gallery 30, San Mateo, CA
1987 "MFA Exhibition," University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
1987 "Prize Review Exhibition," Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1987 "The California Landscape," Gallery 30, San Mateo, CA
1987 "En Plein Air," Gallery 30, San Mateo, CA
1985 "A Celebration," Glastonbury Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1985 "Contemporary Santa Cruz Landscape Painting," Smith Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
1985 "Alumni Exhibition," Smith Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
1984 "Done in the Open," Glastonbury Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1982 "Rolling Hills and Purple Cows: California Landscapes in a Painterly Tradition," Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA

CURATOR
2008 "Misch Kohn: Conscience and Vision," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont CA
2008 "Melissa Meyer in Black & White," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont CA
2008 "Hardy Hanson: Materials & Meaning," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont CA
2007 "Landscape, Observation, and Abstraction: Recent Paintings by Hearne Pardee and
2007 Gina Werfel," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont CA
2007 "Retablo: Behind the Altar: A Collection by Paul LeBaron Thiebaud," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont CA
2006 "Zeuxis: Facets of Perceptions," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont CA
2006 "The Inside of Now: Abstract Paintings and Drawings by Arthur Monroe," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont CA
2005 "Land and Light: Paintings and Prints by Kathryn Metz," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont CA
2005 "Sam Hernandez: Sculptures and Paintings," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont CA
2005 "Landscapes," San Mateo County Center, Redwood City, CA
2004 "Uncompromising Vision: The Art Jack Jefferson," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA
2004 "Paul Harris: Sculpture and Drawings," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA
2003 "Realms and Fragments, Installations by Robert Armstrong, Ronit Arnon & Claude Smith," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA
2003 "The Society of Six: American Masters of Color," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA
2002 "Theme, Source and Resource, Contemporary Landscape Painters," Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
2002 "Foibles and Fantasies: The Paintings of Robert Chiarito and Patrick Morrison," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA
2002 "Model/Artist Terry St. John: Figurative Works, 1961-2001," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA
2002 "John Walker: Oceans, Tidepools and Plein Air Painting," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA
2001 "Unexpected Beauty: The Paintings of Stephanie Sanchez," Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA
2000 "The Moment of Form: The Paintings and Monoprints of Don Weygandt," Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont CA
1999 "From the Figurative Tradition: Theophilus Brown and Paul Wonner, Selected Paintings, 1954-99," Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont CA
1998 "Nature Envisioned: The Paintings of Patrick Aherne," Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA

PUBLICATIONS
2008 Catalogue introduction, "Hardy Hanson: Materials & Meaning"
2007 Catalogue introduction, "Landscape, Observation, and Abstraction: Recent Paintings by Hearne Pardee and Gina Werfel," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA
2006 Catalogue introduction, "The Inside of Now: Abstract Paintings and Drawings by Arthur Monroe," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA
2005 Catalogue introduction, "Land and Light: Paintings and Prints by Katherine Metz," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA
2005 Catalogue introduction, "Art From the Inside: Drawings by Chicano Prisoners,"
2005 Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA
2003 Catalogue essay, "Realms and Fragments: Installations by Robert Armstrong, Ronit Arnon and Claude Smith," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA
2002 Catalogue introduction, "Model/Artist Terry St. John: Figurative Drawings, 1961-2001," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA
2002 Catalogue introduction, "John Walker: Oceans, Tidepools and Plein Air Painting," Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA
2001 Catalogue introduction, "Unexpected Beauty: The Paintings of Stephanie Sanchez," Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA
2001 Catalogue essay, "Elements of Desire and the Paintings of Charles Pompilius," David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2001 Catalogue essay, "Terry St. John as Artist and Teacher," Hackett/Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000 Catalogue introduction, "The Moment of Form: The Paintings and Monoprints of Don Weygandt," Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont CA
1999 Catalogue introduction, "From the Figurative Tradition: Theophilus Brown and Paul Wonner, Selected Paintings, 1954-99 " Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont CA
1998 Catalogue introduction, "Nature Envisioned: The Paintings of Patrick Aherne," Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA

ARTS JUROR
2007 Smith Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, "Exemplary Contemporary"
2006 Fremont Art Association, Annual Art Competition, Fremont, CA
2005 Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL, Annual Juried Exhibition,
2005 First Annual Landscape Exhibition, Hidden Villa Civic Art Center, Woodside, CA
2003 Carmel Arts Festival, Summer Landscape Competition, Carmel, CA
2002 Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Inaugural Exhibition, Sebastopol, CA
2002 Splash, Healdsburg Art Center, Healdsburg, CA

GUEST ARTIST
2007 Community School of Music and Arts at Finn Center, Mountain View, lecture
2006 Canada College, Redwood City, CA, lecture
2005 Sonoma State University, Cotati, CA, critique to advanced painting & MA students
2000 Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA, panel discussion
1999 Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA, lecture
1996 Boston University, MFA Program in Painting, Boston, MA, lecture
1993 Indian Valley Art Association, Novato, CA, lecture
1991 Larkin Street Youth Center, San Francisco, CA, work with homeless students

AWARDS
2007 Eduardo Carrillo Prize in Painting, Finalist, Meseo Eduardo Carillo
2004 Faculty Development Research Grant, Notre Dame de Namur University
2000 Faculty Development Research Grant, Notre Dame de Namur University
1987 The Mary Caldor Hayes Award for Representational Painting, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1981 Special GSA Award, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

BOARDS
2006-08 The Martins Foundation, Vice President, San Francisco, CA
A charitable organization giving funds to arts organizations and artists in need
2007-08 The Peninsula Museum, Board of Directors, Belmont, CA