Curious about the gems and jewels in childhood fairy tales, I plunged into a lifelong fascination with precious stones and metals.  Goldsmithing is my passion.  My formal education started at California College of the Arts with a BFA in Metal Arts and continued with studies at the Kulicke-Starke Academy and the Gemological Institute of America, both in New York, and the Revere Academy in San Francisco.  I explored processes and techniques involving direct fabrication, wax carving, rendering, and gemology.  As an art student researching multi-cultural metalsmithing traditions, metales casados (married metals) from Mexico and mokume gane (wood grain metal) from Japan fascinated and inspired me. Blending elements of each technique enabled me to create a hybrid fusion of multicolor and multi-karat gold compositions, each with its own unique rhythm and flow.  I draw inspiration from nature and live by the ocean where moonlight shimmers on the waves and the wind etches patterns into sand dunes.  Sometimes I incorporate literal images such as leaves or flowers into the design; sometimes, abstract patterns and textures.   

 Art Guild of Pacifica group shows at the Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA2013-present Annual Holiday Group Show, Langman Gallery, Willow Grove, PA  1999 to present Annual Wedding Ring Group Shows at Nancy Margolis Gallery, Camden, ME; NW Barrett Gallery, Portsmouth, NH; Selo/Shevel Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI; A Mano Gallery, New Hope, PA; Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Mindscape Gallery, Evanston, IL; Tesori Gallery, San Mateo, CA; Langman Gallery, Willow Grove, PA; The Clay Pot, Brooklyn, NY 1988 through the 1990s ACC Craft Fairs in Baltimore, MD; W. Springfield, MA; San Francisco, CA  1985 – 1992  Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA; Affaire in the Garden, Beverly Hills, CA; Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, Mill Valley, CA  1980s Custom designed web page 1st Place in Jewelry award in the Silverhawk Fine Crafts Internet Competition  1996, 1997, 1998 Cash Award, Craft and Sculpture Show, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA1981Honorable Mention, 8th International Pearl Design Contest, Tokyo, Japan 19801998 – Primary Award in jewelry  3rd Annual Silverhawk Fine Crafts Internet Exhibition  1998 – Wedding Ring Show  Nancy Margolis Gallery – Portland, ME  1998 – Wedding Ring Show  Del Mano Gallery – Pasadena, CA  1997 – First Place in jewelry  2nd Annual Silverhawk Fine Crafts Internet Exhibition  1996 – First Place in jewelry  1st Annual Silverhawk Fine Crafts Internet Exhibition