I am deeply drawn to succulents. I love their character. How they change throughout the seasons. The abundant varieties of texture, color, and shape. I paint large canvases of small succulents. I find interesting compositions and celebrate the beauty of the plants. I love how the succulents share space. Lean on each other, or hold each other up. Succulents bring me joy and I see them as divine in nature.
I am inspired by the beauty that surrounds us everyday. The delicacies and strength of nature, the plant world, and the great expansive ocean. I have deep respect for nature and am inspired by it daily.
SOLO SHOWS
05-22-23
– 07-22-23
A Bee’s Perspective
A Solo Exhibition
Mercury
20 Gallery, Oakland CA
06-08-22
– 07-21-22
A Solo Exhibition
03-25-22
– 04-30-22
The Succulent Garden
A Solo Exhibition
Mercury
20 Gallery, Oakland CA
10-23-20
– 11-28-20
A Solo Exhibition
Mercury
20 Gallery, Oakland CA
GROUP SHOWS
11-28-23
– 12-30-23
Art For The Winter Solstice
A Group Exhibition
Mercury
20 Gallery, Oakland CA
10-28-23
– 01-28-24
Shape + Form
A Group Exhibition
Sturt
Haaga Gallery, La Canada Flintridge CA
05-12-23
– 06-17-23
a group show curated by Kathleen King
Mercury
20 Gallery, Oakland CA
04-22-23
– 06-22-23
A Group Exhibition
11-29-22
– 01-28-23
A Group Exhibition
Mercury
20 Gallery, Oakland CA
09-25-22
– 11-02-22
A Virtual Exhibition
05-12-22
– 05-15-22
Art at Bioneers
Palace
of Fine Arts , San Francisco CA
01-10-22
– 01-01-22
Plants, Portraits, Filters, &
Fibers
Mercury
20 Art Fair, Online
11-13-21
– 12-19-21
Pure Paint
Arts
Benecia, Benecia CA
09-29-21
– 11-07-21
The Autumn Exhibition
07-15-21
– 10-15-21
I’m Speaking: The Language of Art
PxP
Contemporary Gallery, online
06-29-21
– 07-30-21
All Bay Area Artists Juried Exhibition
San
Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco CA
06-08-21
– 08-08-21
International Online Artists Guild
Summer Exhibition
San
Diego Museum of Art, San Diego CA
06-05-21
– 08-10-21
SH1FT
Jennifer
Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette CA
12-04-20
– 01-10-21
2020 RE:VISION
Mercury
20 Gallery, Oakland CA
09-16-20
– 12-11-20
09-01-20
– 09-30-20
Merit Award for Velour 1982
Grey
Cube Gallery, online
02-06-20
– 02-29-20
Artist’s Vision 2020
Marin
Society of Artists, San Rafael CA
11-01-19
– 12-01-19
Awarded Special Recognition in the
Painting & Other Media Category
Light
Space & Time Gallery, online
10-18-19
– 11-16-19
Day of the Dead – Dia de los Muertos
Sun
Gallery, Hayward CA
09-01-19
– 09-30-19
9th Annual “Open” Art Exhibition
Light
Space & Time Gallery, online
06-27-19
Solano Ave ArtWalk
Flowerland,
Albany CA
02-10-19
– 06-09-19
A Botanical Art Exhibition
Sturt
Haaga Gallery at Descanso Gardens, Lanada Flintridge CA
12-01-18
– 12-31-18
Leaves and Petals
Fusion
Art Gallery, online
10-19-18
– 11-22-18
Day of the Dead Exhibit
Sanchez
Contemporary Art Gallery, Oakland CA
06-06-18
– 07-15-18
No Mud No Lotus
A Botanical Exhibition Inspired by
Buddha Nature and Mother Nature | Curated by Candace Loheed
Orangeland
Gallery, San Francisco CA
05-31-18
– 07-15-18
Persistence
Museum
of Northern California Art, Chico CA
PRESS &
PUBLICATIONS
2024
Santa Fe Gallery Association Juried Catalog
Santa
Fe Gallery Association Juried Catalog, March 2024 website
2024
Visionary Visits with Tara Esperanza
by
Victoria J Fry New Visionary Magazine, March 2024 Issue
9 website
2023
An Essay on A Bee’s Perspective
by
Kathleen King Art Essay, June 2023 website
2023
by
Victoria J. Fry New Visionary Podcast, March 2023
Episode 11 website
2023
Create
Magazine, February 2023 Issue #34 website
2022
by
Elizabeth Sher 2 Close 2 The Sun Podcast, September 2022
Episode 6 website
2022
by
Gita Joshi Art Seen Magazine, Summer 2022 Issue #4
2021
by
Svitlana Martynjuk All She Makes Magazine, Summer 2021
Issue 11
2021
by
Gita Joshi The Curator’s Salon, February 2021 website
HONORS AND AWARDS
2020
Merit Award for Excellence in Art.
Grey Cube Gallery
2019
9th Annual Seascapes Art Exhibition –
Special Recognition in Excellence
1998
Espanola Valley Arts Festival Award –
3rd Place for Acrylic Painting
1995
Neugerbauer Scholarship Award – High
Honors in Fine Art at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
EDUCATION
1995
University of Massachusetts at
Dartmouth Bachelors of Fine Arts, Cum Laude Dean’s List
1994
Pont-Aven School of Art, Pont-Aven
France Landscape Painting Summer Program