BIRTH PLACE:    San Francisco, CA

EDUCATION:      California State University, Fresno, CA
                              MA in Crafts; Emphasis:  Bone and Fiber, 1975
                              Secondary Teaching Credential 1971
                              BA; Major:  Art 1968

EXPERIENCE:    1998    Member:  The Art Center Artists (ACA)
                             1997    Member:  Los Alamos Artist Studio Tour
                             1994    Chairperson:  1st Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Los Alamos, NM
                             1987    Art In Public Places Board, Los Alamos, NM
                             1986    Fuller Lodge Art Center Board, Los Alamos, NM
                             1985    President:  Central Coast Handweavers Guild, Santa Maria, CA
                             1975-   Owner of THE DROP SPINDLE, a wholsale dyeing business and
                             1982     retail weaving studio.
                             1971-   Highschool and College Teacher in California;
                             1977    Subjects:  Photography, Art Design, Weaving, Jewelry,
                                         Leather, Ceramics, and Wilderness Experience for Women.
                             1975    Allan Hancock College Crafts Teacher, Santa Maria, CA

EXHIBITIONS:    1998    Three-Person Holiday Open House
                              1998    Los Alamos National Bank Artfest
                              1997    Los Alamos National Bank Artfest
                              1997    Los Alamos Artist Studio Tour
                              1996    Los Alamos National Bank Artfest:  Purchase Award
                              1991    ARTSCRAWL EVENT, Featured Artist, Mariposa Gallery,
                                          Albuquerque, NM.
                              1991    PURCHASE AWARD, County of Los Alamos, Art in Public Places
                                          Board, Los Alamos, NM
                             1990    SPRING FEATURE SHOW,Clay and Fiber Gallery, Taos, NM
                             1989    December, CELEBRATE, invitational show, Fuller Lodge
                                         Art Center, Los Alamos, NM
                             1988    August, FALL FEATURE SHOW,Clay and Fiber Gallery, Taos, NM
                             1988    July,  SUMMER FEATURE SHOW, Handcrafters Gallery, Santa Fe,
                                         NM
                             1988    May, THREE PERSON FEATURE SHOW, Fuller Lodge Art Center,
                                         Los Alamos, NM
                             1988    April, THE MANIPULATED THREAD, Missoula, MT
                             1987    FOURTH ANNUAL BIENNIAL    Crafts Exhibition, Fuller Lodge Art
                                         Center, Los Alamos, NM.  First place winner: Wallace Award.
                             1986    Competitions including Faculty Exhibits, Art Association, Masters,
                                         Crafts Coalition, Handweavers conferences, and "Design '76" in the
                                         Pacific Design Building, West Hollywood, CA

GALLERIES:    Cross/Harris Fine Crafts, New York, NY
                          Marcus Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
                          Clay and Fiber Gallery, Taos, NM
                          Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

PUBLICATIONS:    ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, August 1987, Photo of fiber sculpture in the
                                "Troy House" in Taos, NM
                                AMERICAN CRAFT, June/July 1988, page 89.
                                The SANTA FE CATALOGUE, summer 1988, page 48.

STATEMENT:    I have been producing and selling my artwork to private collectors and commercial establishments since 1968.  My work using sticks with fiber construction began around 1979.  These early works reflected major spiritual and life changes.  Over the years I have continued to explore the use of sticks as a linear structure and as a way of breaking down the design into very basic elements.  I look forward to the restrictions and distortions created during the wrapping process when a two-dimensional design is transformed into a three-dimensional reality.  I am currently exploring thes concept in pastel by painting on pumice textured board.  Working outdoors allows me to have an immediate reaction on a two-dimensional plane to the light and colors of my surroundings.  My work reflects the landscapes and skies of the Southwest as well as my travels abroad.  I am inspired by my visual memories of light, color, patterns and new personal experiences.