Education:

Bachelor of Arts, San Diego State University, 1967            

Master of Arts, Graphics, San Diego State University, 1969            

Associate Arts, Photography, San Diego City College, 1975

Architectural Photography-Peter Vitale, Rockport Photographic Workshops, Rockport, Maine, 1990

Workshops with Plein Air Painting Masters -George Strickland, John Budicin, Matt Smith, Ray Roberts, Dick Heightburger, Jill Carver

Work experience:

Professional photographer, 1975 - 2016        

Professor of Photography and Art, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA, 1982-2006            

Professor Emeritus, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA 2006-present

Awards:

1981 San Diego Communicating Arts Group, SanDi Award, Editorial Photography, San Diego Magazine

1983 San Diego Communicating Arts Group, SanDi Award, Magazine Spread, San Diego Home/Garden Magazine

1987 San Diego Communicating Arts Group, SanDi Award, Catalog “Woven Gold” Arlene Fisch

1989 San Diego Communicating Arts Group, SanDi Award, Brochure “Helen Shirk”

1999 Society of Professional Journalists – San Diego Chapter, 1st Place – Magazine Photography

2002 San Diego County Fair – Student Showcase, “Outstanding Instructor”

2005 Society of Professional Journalists – San Diego Chapter,  3rd Place-Magazine Spread, “A Garden for Growing Up”

2006 Exhibition of Art-San Diego County Fair, 2 “Honorable Mentions”

2007 “Under the Sky” Plein Air Painting, La Jolla Art Association Gallery, First Place-Oil Painting

2008 Fallbrook Art Association Spring Membership exhibition, First Place-Oil painting

2009 All awards since 2008 are listed in the following exhibition record

Exhibitions:  

1974 - San Diego Small Images Exhibition, Jack Glenn Gallery – Honorable Mention

1975 - Photography Annual, East LA City College, Sweepstakes, and Two Gold Awards   

1976 - First Annual Photography Awards Exhibit, Center for Photographic Arts, Jewish Community Center, San Diego

1976 - 22nd Annual California All Media, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA

1976 - Homegrown 4, Circle Gallery, Old Town San Diego, CA

1976 - “Wish You Were Here”, Cameraworks Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

1977 - “Best of All Worlds” Small Images Exhibition, Spanish Village Art Center, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA - Cash Award*  

1977 - 2nd Annual Photography Awards Exhibit, Center for Photographic Arts, Central Federal Gallery, San Diego, CA - Honorable Mention

1977 - 1st Annual Graduate School for Urban Resources Exhibition - Honorable Mention

1979 - Small Images Exhibition, Spanish Village Art Center, San Diego, CA

1979 - “Four Photographers”, Carter Sarkin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1981 - 4th Annual Photography Awards Exhibition, Center for Photographic Arts, Gallery Graphics, San Diego, CA

1981 - 5th Annual Multi Cultural Arts Institute, All Media Exhibit, 3rd Place Award

1983 - Photoshow 1, American Society for Magazine Photographers, Gallery Graphics, San Diego, CA

1984 - Photoshow 2, ASMP, Photography Gallery, La Jolla, CA

1984 - “Santa Barbara to San Diego”, Saddleback College Art Gallery

2004 - Del Mar Fair Fine Arts Exhibition – One Painting Accepted

2005 - Del Mar Fair Fine Arts Exhibition – Two Paintings Accepted

2007 - “Under the Sky”- Plein Air Painting Juried Show – La Jolla Art Association 4 paintings accepted – First Place Award Oil Painting

2007 - Del Mar Fair Fine Arts Exhibition – Two paintings accepted - Two Honorable Mention Awards

2007 - Fallbrook Art Association Annual Juried Members Exhibition - Three Paintings Accepted – First Place Award, Oil – “Hamlet in Morvan, France”

2008 - Del Mar Fair Fine Arts Exhibition – Two Paintings Accepted - Second Place Award Oil Representational Landscape

2009 - Vista Arts Foundation Annual Juried Exhibition - Honorable Mention Award Oil Painting

2009 - Del Mar Fair Fine Arts Exhibition – Two Paintings Accepted

2009 - Pochade – The Fourteenth Annual Plein Air Exhibition Group Show, Santa Isabel Art Gallery, Santa Isabel, CA

2009 - San Diego Press Club “Excellence in Journalism Awards” - Second Place Award Photography – Newspaper and Magazine Feature

2010 - Plein Air XV – Fifteenth Annual Plein Air Exhibition Group Show, Santa Isabel Art Gallery, Santa Isabel, CA

2010 - 5th Annual Plein Air Painters Open – Whidbey Island, WA - “Rookie of the Year” Award

2010 - “It’s the Little Things”, Juried Miniature Art Show Competition, Pinnell Gallery, Fallbrook, CA - 1st Place Award

2010 - Del Mar Fair Fine Arts Exibition – Two Paintings Accepted

2011 - 16th Annual Plein Air Show, Santa Ysabel Art Gallery

2011 - Ramona Art Guild Open Juried Show, Center for the Performing Arts, Poway, CA - One Painting Accepted 

2012 - 17th Annual Plein Air Show, Santa Ysabel Art Gallery

2012 - “Local Color”, Juried Show, Escondido Art Association Municipal Gallery, Escondido, CA

2012 - Del Mar Fair Fine Arts Exhibition -  2nd Place Landscape Oil

2012 - Del Mar Fair Plein Air Contest – Honorable Mention Award

2013 - “New Paintings”, Solo Exhibition of Oil Paintings at Santa Ysabel Art Gallery

2013 - “Bonafide Plein Air” – 18th Annual Plein Air Show, Santa Ysabel Art Gallery

2013 - Del Mar Fair Fine Arts Exhibition – Two Paintings Accepted

2013 - “Landscape Show” – Noel-Baza Art Gallery, Little Italy, San Diego, CA

2014 - Del Mar Fair Fine Arts Exhibition – Two Paintings Accepted

2014 - Juror for Idyllwild Arts Alliance Foundation for Plein Air Painting Event

2014 - 19th Annual Plein Air Show – Santa Ysabel Art Gallery

2015 - “Under the Same Sky” – Noel-Baza Art Gallery at the San Diego History Center, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA

2015 - “Southern California Plein Air Juried Show” – Three Paintings Accepted - Brandon Gallery, Fallbrook, CA 

2015 - Fallbrook Art Association’s Spring, 2015 Juried Show of Fine Art - First Place Award – Two Paintings Accepted

2015 - San Diego County Fair Fine Arts Exhibition – Three Paintings Accepted - Third Place Award – Landscape Oil and Donated Award from Ballast Point Gallery

2015 - June and July, participating in “Art of the Park" – 100 Years of Art in Balboa Park – Sponsored by Save Our Heritage Organization in conjunction with the Centennial Celebration of the 1915 Pan American Exposition, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA

2015 - “Local Color” All Creatures Big and Small Exhibition – Escondido Arts Partnership – Municipal Gallery Third Place “Feathered Friends” – Harry Bliss Juror

2015 - October “Artist in Residency” – Three weeks at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area – Northern California

2015 - Fallbrook Art Association – Spring Juried Show - 1st Place “Monumental View”

2016 - “Small Scale with a 12 inch rule”, Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery - Three Paintings Accepted

2016 - “Plein Air at Deedie’s House”, April 3-August 28 – Leo Carillo Ranch Historic Park – Carlsbad, CA – Carlsbad Friends of the Arts - Four Paintings Accepted – Juror’s Award 2nd Place

2016 - San Diego County Fair Fine Arts Exhibition – One Painting Accepted

2017 - San Diego County Fair Fine Arts Exhibition – One Painting Accepted

2017 - "Sites/Insights", Solo exhibition of Oil Paintings (33 works) at Santa Ysabel Art Gallery

2017 - Exhibition of 13 paintings at Bread & Cie Bakery, Coffee Shop and Gallery

2017 - Brandon Gallery – Fallbrook, CA 11th Annual Small Works of Art Exhibition - Three Paintings Accepted 

2017 - Brandon Gallery – Fallbrook, CA,  Fall Open Judged Fine Art Show - Two Paintings Accepted

2018 - San Diego County Fair Fine Arts Exhibition – One Painting Accepted - Donated Award from Rancho Santa Fe Artists Guild, “Your Attention Please”

2018 - Fallbrook Art Association Plein Air Painting Competition – 3rd Place Award

2018 - “Crystal Cove – The Legacy” – Group Show at Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA. Six 1982 Vintage Photographs Exhibited

2018 - “Summation” - Escondido Arts Partnership – 3rd Place “Your Attention Please”

2018 - “Small Scale” – Escondido Arts Partnership – Honorable Mention

2018 - Irvine Ranch Conservancy – Inaugural Plein Air Exhibit “Out On the Landmarks” - Two Paintings Accepted

2019 - San Diego County Fair Fine Arts Exhibition – One painting accepted – “Flowing Freely”

2020 - COVID

2020 - Juror - Escondido Arts Partnership Annual “Summation” Exhibition – Two Paintings Accepted

2021 - PHES Gallery, Carlsbad, CA  – Inaugural Exhibition, Greater San Diego County Artists – Six Paintings Exhibited

2021 - “A Breath of Fresh Air” – Plein Air exhibition – Oceanside Art Museum Artist’s Alliance – Two Paintings Accepted - 2nd Place Award

2021 - California Art Club - Spring – “Rebirth and Renewal” -  Juried Virtual Exhibition. Award of Recognition

2021 - California Art Club- Summer – “Comfort and Gratitude” – Virtual Exhibition – One Painting Accepted 

2021 - “Summation” – Escondido Arts Partnership Gallery – 1st Place Painting “Buckwheat InBloom”

2022 - “Through the Lens”, Artists Council at the Galen Center – Palm Desert, CA - Two Photographs Accepted

2022 - Fine Arts Exhibition, San Diego County Fair. 2nd Place Acrylic Landscape Award and Donated Award “California Gold”

2022 - “Windows Of Nature”, Solo Exhibition of Oil Paintings at Santa Ysabel Art Gallery

2023 - PHES Gallery, Carlsbad, CA – Gallery Artists Artists – 2023 – Three Paintings Accepted

2023 - Fine Arts Exhibition, Del Mar Fair – Three Paintings Accepted – Award 2nd Place Acrylic Landscape category

2023 - “Pop Smoke: A Veteran Art Exhibition”, Oceanside Art Museum. One vintage silkscreen

Print Accepted

2024 - PHES Gallery, Carlsbad, CA – “ROOTS” - One Painting and One Photograph Accepted

2024 - "Unveiled: The Youthful Male Figure", Solo Exhibition of 58 Photographs from Archive 1975-2000. Stephen Baumbach Gallery – Palm Springs, CA

2024 - Casting Shadows: Dimensional Art, “Phoenix” Sculpture, Artists Council Artists Center at the Galen, Palm Desert, CA

2024 - "Idylls and Echos", Solo Exhibition of (40 works) Oil Paintings at Santa Ysabel Art Gallery

2024 - Ilan-Lael Foundation, Visiting Artists Invitational, fundraising auction and traveling exhibition to Santa Ysabel Art Gallery and Union Hall Art Gallery.