I enjoyed Art as a child but also enjoyed exploring nature and so many other things.
It was when I was in high school in Texas, when I took some painting classes from a most amazing art teacher, that something happened. She taught us to focus totally on what we were doing and follow what was coming to us to do. She said the process of creation was what was important, much more that the end result. I was so taken by the magic of creating in the moment, and listening to what the painting wanted, and I wanted to keep doing that.
The Art that was made in this way was well received and people seemed to really benefit from having it in their lives, so they were getting something out of it as well, and this was great.
So, I ended up studying Art in several Universities and Colleges and graduated from the University of Montana in Fine Art and then studied Commercial Art in San Francisco for a few years after that.
I also started taking yoga classes while in high school and continued all through out the college years and beyond. After many years of studying Yoga and Art, I found that there were so many similarities between Art, Yoga and spiritual practices, that I found there was a way to combine time to a path.
I have explored many different mediums and venues but have found that the one thread that holds my work together is that of pursuing the joy of creation and then focusing on higher qualities of the heart when making it in hopes that the end result will emanate those qualities.
In addition, I am in the very early phases of pursuing the combination of Art and Yoga in a new way because I so enjoy sharing the joy of creating and of being.
I been an artist interment with teaching, leaning and traveling etc for about 40 years. I have lived all over the Western United States and abroad. I feel very fortunate to be living in a community of people who practice Yoga called Yogaville, here in Virginia.
I am in hopes that in some way the work I have created here might have some of the energy and qualities from this very special place.
Biography
Born: Austin, Texas
Education:
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington
University of Montana, Missoula, Montana: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honors 1979
Academy of Art, San Francisco, California: Advertising, Illustration, Grapic Design 1981-1982
Currently showing at:
The Mandala Cafe, Yogaville, Virginia
Past Galleries include:
Los LLanos, Santa Fe, NM
Macmilllian Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
20 Century Fox, Santa Fe, NM
Public Collections:
Satchidananda Ashram, Buckingham, Virginia
Deep Springs College, Big Pine, California
Selected Private Collections:
AJ Ikner, Sourh Riding, Virginia
Akos Voros, Budapest, Hungary
Alan Taradash, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Amrita Maclanahan, Yogaville, VA
Ananda Jeff Kamen and Lalitha Lessile Stone, Yogaville, VA
Ann LeMay, Aiken, South Carolina
Baben and Paco Sutera, Wimberly, Texas
Beth Alley, Elgin, Texas
Bruce Friedman, Round Valley, California
Chris and Sue Ann Butler, Austin Texas
Colleen Pryia Ryan, St Petersburg, Flordia
Chris Yalda, Flint, Michigan
Corrine Weis, Albuquerque, New Mexico
David and Dana Parker, Austin, Texas
George Watson, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Guruchander Singh Khalsa, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Linda Wilson, Austin, Texas
Jnanam McIssac, Charlottesville, Virginia
JR Wu, Los Angles, California
John and Liz Bernstein, Bisbee, Arizona
John and Mel Harte, Berkeley, CA
John Holdren, Wahington, D.C.
John Sledd, Bremerton, Washington
Katy Unger, Missoula, Montana
Kim Cannon, Washinton, D.C.
Kitty Miller and Frank Jones, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Ann Patrick Lemay, North Carolina
Lisa Carver Sponseller, Shawnee, Oklahoma
Lisa Crawley, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Lisa Marie Daniels, Maryland
Lumina Greenway, Wakefield, Rhode Island
Lynn and Richard Eason, Corpus Christi, Texas
Marjoire Heiss, Washinton, D. C.
Mary Bridge, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mary Moore Kane, Austin, Texas
Mari Trujillo, Chimayo, New Mexico
Martin Katz, Scottesville, VA
Mel and John Harte, Berkeley, California
Miguel Dozier, Santa Cruz, New Mexico
Paul Fyfe, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Paul and Holly Michelson, Potter Valley, California
Paul Starrs, Reno, Nevada
Paul Frye, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Gallagher Family, Crested Butte, Colorado
Patty and Roy Dan, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Peggy and Dean Singleton, Austin, Texas
Philip Wells, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Reta McKelvey, Mexico
Shakti Ruth Hall, Yogaville, VA
Sandy and Jim Gilmer, Westminster, Colorado
Steve Harvey, Willow Creek, CA
Baker Family, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Swami Suddhananda, Yogaville, VA
Vaveki Rowland, North Carolina
Wayne Bladh, Chupadero, New Mexico
Wendy Prentice, Buenos Aries, Argentina
Zackary Bush. Charlottesville, Virginia