Painting has not always been a part of my life, although now I wouldn't know what to do with out it. My first taste of art was as a sophomore in high school; merely as a way of getting out of taking a foreign language. My teacher, Mr. Okumura, saw something in my projects and took me under his wing. I was then sent with the advanced art students to work with charcoals and pastelsand by the end of that school year i had painted a mural in the science building.

      

     After a few years of painting only in class I started working on my art at home and realized the freedom and peace it gave me. It became my therapy as I released all of my emotions on canvas.

 

       My focus is mostly on flowers, or as some would say, " portraits of flowers". I have never grown tired of the subject because I have found that the beauty in a flower is so often unappreciated.

       

      Please contact me if you are interested in any current or commissioned work.

 

Currently showing at D Gallery in Lake Arrowhead through 2012

 

Orange County Fair July 15th -August 14th

 

Cerritos Public Library-May 1st-June 30th

 

July16th-August15 Orange County Fair 2010

 

*Honorable mention for "Yellow Tulip"

Lakewood Artist Guild Spring Show 2010 @ John Marshall Recreation Center May 23

 

October 2009- Lakewood Artist Guild Open-

Vendor Award for "From Another Perspective"

Popular choice for "Plumeria Up Close"

 

July-August 2009- Orange County Fair Fine Arts Exhibit