Thirty years ago, I renewed my studies in the arts and gradually, doors opened to a whole new world of experience. That period of time marked the beginning of my ongoing adventures in creativity, and my life continues to be filled with many moments of joy, challenge and discovery.

My interests are centered around the art forms of sculpting with organic materials, mask making and painting. Group exhibitions venues include USC Helen Lindhurst Fine Arts Gallery, Brand Library Art Galleries; and University Museum, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

For twelve years, masks I designed, and masks of my students, were exhibited in the Adventures in Creativity Exhibit Booth at the International Festival of Masks, Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles.

Solo exhibitions of my work include a twenty year retrospective, Masks: Ecology of the Spirit, Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles; and Desert Masks, Red Rock Canyon Visitors Center, Red Rock Canyon State Park, Mohave Desert.

My interests in masks began in early adolescence, while researching  both ancient and contemporary cultural art forms. Masks have been a central part of ceremonies reenacting myths of creation; used as instruments of initiation; agents of social order; and objects of  transformation throughout the life cycle. As a contemporary art form masks are vehicles for the exploration of elements of experience often hidden beneath the surface, in today’s world of rapid change.

An aspect of my artistic expression includes Masks: The World in Me art program I designed for children and youth, which I present in schools and agencies in and around Los Angeles. Adventures in Creativity Productions, a non profit organization I founded in 2002 in support of the program, is listed in the Los Angeles County Arts Education Resource Directory.www.laartsed.org/program.aspx?=329

Publications include Creative Approaches with Adolescents in Distress, California Art Therapy Trends, 1992; The World in Me, Terra Magazine, 1999, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; and a photo display of children’s masks in Super Kids Magazine, 2009, Rowland Reading Foundation.

My education includes a B.A. in Political Science, UCLA; and a Masters Degree in Social Work from California State University, San Diego.

I continue to evolve and currently, I am focused on sculptures that reflect various aspects of Southern California chaparral and high desert ecologies.