about me
As teenagers during summers in Monterey County, my cousin Russ (standing) and I would tack up our landscape paintings on the ranch house wall.
As teenagers during summers in Monterey County, my cousin Russ (standing) and I would tack up our landscape paintings on the ranch house wall.
I was born in San Francisco into a family of artists who painted the landscape. I was primarily inspired by parents Mireille and Phil Wood, grandfather Gottardo Piazzoni, cousin Russ Chatham and great-uncle Maurice del Mué.
Earning a B.A. (University of California Berkeley) and an M.A. (San Francisco State University) in English, I taught college composition and literature for several years in New York and California, and have worked in educational media and photography.
As teenagers during summers in Monterey County, my cousin Russ (standing) and I would tack up our landscape paintings on the ranch house wall.
As teenagers during summers in Monterey County, my cousin Russ (standing) and I would tack up our landscape paintings on the ranch house wall.
As teenagers during summers in Monterey County, my cousin Russ (standing) and I would tack up our landscape paintings on the ranch house wall.
In the 1980s, I decided to devote more time to my artwork, and since then have exhibited in numerous solo and group shows, often supporting organizations working for environmental preservation.
I strive to paint truthfully, without pretense or artifice, in order to express the sense of being in a place – its atmosphere, its beauty – and the thoughts and memories it evokes.
As teenagers during summers in Monterey County, my cousin Russ (standing) and I would tack up our landscape paintings on the ranch house wall.
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