Contemporary frescoes are original paintings on porous stone. The stones are broken, mosaic fashion, an image is then determined using the stones properties and what I see in the cracks and breaks. "rorschart". They are mounted on wood.
Hearts of Stone are contemporary frescoes with a heart theme. They may be broken, multifaceted, subtle, brilliant, mended or in pieces. They may incorporate objects in their desgin.
Paintings are done in a variety of mediums on numerous surfaces. My new work is done in paint on canvas and wood surfaces.
many of the paintings and contemporary frescoes have poems,haikus or tankas written about the work
selected recognition
1998 published short story, Phoenix Phyre Book Store, CA featured poet, 101 Artist Colony, CA1999 2000 featured artist interview, San Diego Decor and Style Magazine solo exhibit, Territories Gallery, Tucson AZ presidents award, Off Track Gallery,CA solo exhibit, Art and Accents, Cedros Design District San Diego banner artist, City of Encinitas, CA 2001 best of show, first place, special award, honorable mention San Diego County Faire membership award, San Diego Art Institute 2002 contributing poet, Del Mar TV 2003 featured artist, Joseph David Gallery, CA 2004 solo exhibit, Trios Gallery, Cedros Design District, CA invitational, naked truth exhibit, gallery @ 78, Wynola southern california regional exhibit, San Diego Art Institute juror: Mark Quint, nationa/ international artist representative, owner Quint Gallery,San Diego 2005 48th international exhibit, San Diego Art Institute juror: Derrick Cartwright, director San Diego Museum of Art second place, all that is holy exhibit, 2nd City Council Gallery and Performing Arts Space, Long Beach juror, Dr. Allen Roberts, professor UCLA World Arts and Culture 2006 wildlife exhibit, San Diego Museum of Natural History solo exhibit, 4 Walls Design Gallery, CA published poem, The San Diego Poetry Annual 2006, inaugural edition 2007 retrospective exhibit, 4 Walls Gallery, CA dada exhibit, 2nd City Council and Performing Arts Space CA, juror Christian Jon Meoli, actor, producer, writer, DADAists contributing artist, Gotthelf Gallery, La Jolla, CA contributing artist, Regents Gallery, Los Angeles invitational exhibit, Charles Bibbs626 Gallery at Studio B, Los Angeles dia de los muertos exhibit, 2nd City Council, Long Beach juror: Mark Vallen, artist. activist curator 2008 invitational, colors to life beautiful exhibit, Charles Bibbs 626 Gallery at Studio B, Los Angeles in conjunction with Oprah Winfrey's Color Purple at the Ahmanson curator, exhibitor, we hang together exhibit, City of Encinitas, CA 2009 opening, d.goth art salon, San Diego exhibit, Currant Restaurant, Hotel Sofia, S.D., CA invitational artists painting artists, City of Encinitas, CA holiday exhibit The Historical Society of Washington D.C. permanent collection, National Museum of Catholic Art and History, New York
public collections
National Museum of Catholic Art and History, New York
Mission Gathering Church, North Park, CA
Lawrence Family Jewish Communityl Center, La Jolla, CA
Firefly Grill and Wine Bar, Encinitas, CA
4 Walls Gallery, San Diego
corporate collections
Xcelcsior Corp. Del Mar, CA
ARC Architecture, La Costa,CA,
Zephyr Corp., Carlsbad
private collections
The K. Windslow family, K. Gilson family, JW Brown, Mr. and Mrs. C. Contreras, Baurin Bell family, M. Tarnowskis family , S.Carey family, J. Barry family, M.Porthoff, Yael Gmach, L. Zimmet, , Dr. L.McLoughlin, J. McLoughlin, Walker Family, Mr. and Mrs. G. Faulconer, J. Tipton, M.Weber, P.Zimbolist
workshops lectures
hearts of stone workshops: New York School of Visual Arts, NY; California Center for Creative Renewal, CA; Trios Gallery, CA
hearts of stone presentation and lecture: California State University San Marcos