Selected Awards
First Place - Dougherty Station Community Center Exhibition, 2007
Third Place – Alta Bates Medical Center Exhibition, 2007
Honorable Mention – Art Concepts Gallery 2nd Annual Exhibition, 2006
First Place – California Watercolor Assoc. Sacramento State Capital Show 2005
First Place – Watercolor, Society of Western Artists, Sequoia Hospital 1996
First Place – Watercolor, Hitachi Data Systems, 1996
Third Place – Watercolor, Society of Western Artists 46th Annual, 1996
Third Place – Watercolor, Society of Western Artists, 3Com Business Park, 1996
Best of Show – Society of Western Artists 44th Annual, 1994
Merit Award – Watercolor, East Bay Watercolor Society, Miniature Exhibition 1993
Best of Class – Mixed Media, Alameda County Fair, 1992
Selected Exhibitions:
2007
California Watercolor Assoc, Dougherty Station Community Center, San Ramon CA
Alta Bates Medical Center Exhibition, Oakland CA
Leading Masters of Contemporary Realism, Winstanley-Roark Fine Arts, Cape Cod
Gallery Concord, Concord, CA
2006
Art Concepts Gallery 2nd Annual Exhibition, Walnut Creek, CA.
International Guild of Realism 2nd Annual Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
Transparent Watercolor Society of America 30th Annual Exhibition, Elmhurst, IL
American Watercolor Society 139th Annual Exhibition, New York
California Watercolor Assoc. Lindsey Dirx Gallery Show, San Ramon, CA.
Gallery Concord, Concord, CA
2005
California Watercolor Assoc. 37th Annual National Exhibition San Francisco
California Watercolor Assoc. Art Concepts Holiday Show, Walnut Creek CA.
California Watercolor Assoc. Sacramento State Capital Show CA.
Gallery Concord, Concord, CA
2004
Gallery Concord, Concord, CA
California Watercolor Assoc. Orinda Library show, CA.
1999
Colorado National Watercolor Show – Colorado
Society of Western Artists International – Merced CA.
Society of Western Artists 48th Annual, San Francisco
1997
Harmonic Lightwaves International Co. Sunnyvale, CA.
1996
“Art in Movement” Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Society of Western Artists 46th Annual, Sausalito, CA.
Hitachi Data Systems, Santa Clara, CA.
3Com Business Park, Santa Clara, CA.
Society of Western Artists, Sequoia Hospital, CA.
1994
Society of Western Artists 44th Annual Show, San Francisco, CA.
1993
East Bay Watercolor Society Annual, Walnut Creek, CA.
East Bay Watercolor Society, Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA.
East Bay Watercolor Society, John Muir Hospital, Walnut Creek, CA.
East Bay Watercolor Society, Miniature Exhibition
First Place - Dougherty Station Community Center Exhibition, 2007
Third Place – Alta Bates Medical Center Exhibition, 2007
Honorable Mention – Art Concepts Gallery 2nd Annual Exhibition, 2006
First Place – California Watercolor Assoc. Sacramento State Capital Show 2005
First Place – Watercolor, Society of Western Artists, Sequoia Hospital 1996
First Place – Watercolor, Hitachi Data Systems, 1996
Third Place – Watercolor, Society of Western Artists 46th Annual, 1996
Third Place – Watercolor, Society of Western Artists, 3Com Business Park, 1996
Best of Show – Society of Western Artists 44th Annual, 1994
Merit Award – Watercolor, East Bay Watercolor Society, Miniature Exhibition 1993
Best of Class – Mixed Media, Alameda County Fair, 1992
Selected Exhibitions:
2007
California Watercolor Assoc, Dougherty Station Community Center, San Ramon CA
Alta Bates Medical Center Exhibition, Oakland CA
Leading Masters of Contemporary Realism, Winstanley-Roark Fine Arts, Cape Cod
Gallery Concord, Concord, CA
2006
Art Concepts Gallery 2nd Annual Exhibition, Walnut Creek, CA.
International Guild of Realism 2nd Annual Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
Transparent Watercolor Society of America 30th Annual Exhibition, Elmhurst, IL
American Watercolor Society 139th Annual Exhibition, New York
California Watercolor Assoc. Lindsey Dirx Gallery Show, San Ramon, CA.
Gallery Concord, Concord, CA
2005
California Watercolor Assoc. 37th Annual National Exhibition San Francisco
California Watercolor Assoc. Art Concepts Holiday Show, Walnut Creek CA.
California Watercolor Assoc. Sacramento State Capital Show CA.
Gallery Concord, Concord, CA
2004
Gallery Concord, Concord, CA
California Watercolor Assoc. Orinda Library show, CA.
1999
Colorado National Watercolor Show – Colorado
Society of Western Artists International – Merced CA.
Society of Western Artists 48th Annual, San Francisco
1997
Harmonic Lightwaves International Co. Sunnyvale, CA.
1996
“Art in Movement” Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Society of Western Artists 46th Annual, Sausalito, CA.
Hitachi Data Systems, Santa Clara, CA.
3Com Business Park, Santa Clara, CA.
Society of Western Artists, Sequoia Hospital, CA.
1994
Society of Western Artists 44th Annual Show, San Francisco, CA.
1993
East Bay Watercolor Society Annual, Walnut Creek, CA.
East Bay Watercolor Society, Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA.
East Bay Watercolor Society, John Muir Hospital, Walnut Creek, CA.
East Bay Watercolor Society, Miniature Exhibition
I was born in a small village thirty miles south
of the California/Mexico border. I came to the
United States when I was five to receive medical
attention needed due to contracting polio when I
was two years old. I had always intended to go
back to Mexico, but by the time the medical
attention was over, I had been in school several
years so I decided to stay and finish my
schooling.
I received my Bachelors of Fine Arts from St.
Mary's College in Moraga, California, then went
on to receive my Masters of Fine Arts in drawing
with distinction at California College of Arts and
Crafts in Oakland.
Though I was raised in both Mexican and
American cultures, most of my paintings reflect
my Mexican Native heritage. Through bold
color, dramatic lighting, hand made objects such
as pottery, baskets, blankets, musical
instruments as well as flowers and other cultural
objects, I create paintings that speak of the heart
of my people and the culture that many are
trying to preserve. I try to evoke a sense of
ancient history and tradition as well as weave
symbols of stories passed down orally from
generation to generation.
of the California/Mexico border. I came to the
United States when I was five to receive medical
attention needed due to contracting polio when I
was two years old. I had always intended to go
back to Mexico, but by the time the medical
attention was over, I had been in school several
years so I decided to stay and finish my
schooling.
I received my Bachelors of Fine Arts from St.
Mary's College in Moraga, California, then went
on to receive my Masters of Fine Arts in drawing
with distinction at California College of Arts and
Crafts in Oakland.
Though I was raised in both Mexican and
American cultures, most of my paintings reflect
my Mexican Native heritage. Through bold
color, dramatic lighting, hand made objects such
as pottery, baskets, blankets, musical
instruments as well as flowers and other cultural
objects, I create paintings that speak of the heart
of my people and the culture that many are
trying to preserve. I try to evoke a sense of
ancient history and tradition as well as weave
symbols of stories passed down orally from
generation to generation.
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