Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Art, Painting and Drawing, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California

TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2007–Present, Professor, Foundation Painting, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California

2018–2019, Director, California State University International Program, Florence, Italy

Summer 2016, Course Coordinator, The Rise of Modernist Painting, CSU Summer Arts, Nice, France

Summer 2015, Course Coordinator, Contemporary Realism, CSU Summer Arts, Monterey, California

Summer 2014, Course Coordinator, Painting and Drawing, CSU Summer Arts, Florence, Italy

Summer 2013, Course Coordinator, Observational Painting, CSU Summer Arts, Monterey, California

Summer 2012, Course Coordinator, Painting and Drawing, CSU Summer Arts, Florence, Italy

Summer 2011, Course Coordinator, Representing the Figure, CSU Summer Arts, Fresno, California

Summer 2009, Course Coordinator, Florence in Fresno, CSU Summer Arts, Fresno, California

2004–2007, Assistant Professor, Huntington University, Huntington, Indiana

2004, Instructor, Drawing, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California

2003, Instructor, Drawing and Painting, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California

2000–2001, Artist and Illustrator, Carol Anderson Inc, Rancho Dominguez, California

EXHIBITIONS

2024

The Painted Desert: A Century of Land and Light, Marks Art Center, The College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA

2023

The California Art Club’s 112th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California

2022

Points of View, Long Beach Creative Group, Rod Briggs Gallery, Long Beach, California

2017

The California Art Club’s 106th Gold Medal Exhibition, Autry Museum, Los Angeles, California

2016

Poetry Evoked by Black and White, Ways of Expressions in East and West, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

The Plein Air Perspective, Millard Sheets Art Center, Pomona, California

The Salton Sea: Lost in Paradise, Marks Art Center, Palm Desert, California

A Toast to California, The California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill, San Marino, California

2015

Faculty Exhibition, Begovich Gallery, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California

Other Places (Three Person Show), Art Exchange, Long Beach, California

2014

Endless Summer, The California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill, San Marino, California

2013

On the Water, The California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill, San Marino, California

The California Art Club’s 102nd Gold Medal Exhibition, Fisher Museum, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Urban Sights/Sites (Three Person Show), Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, California

2012

Urban Sights/Sites (Three Person Show), Biola University, La Mirada, California

Landscapes, Corban University Art Gallery, Salem, Oregon

No Regrets — Faculty Exhibition, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California

Landscapes of the Coachella Valley and Surrounds, Desert Art Collection, Palm Desert, California

2011

Borderlands (Two Person Show), Merced College, Merced, California

Reflections on the Harbor, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California

California Dreamin’, The California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill, San Marino, California

Valley of the Ancient Lake, Salton Sea Museum, North Shore, California

International Drawing Annual 6, Manifest Creative Research and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

The California Art Club’s 100th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, California

2010

Urban Sights/Sites (Three Person Show), College of the Sequoias Art Gallery, Visalia, California

Juried All-Media Exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California

The Art of Landscape, Topanga Canyon Art Gallery, Topanga, California

Made in California, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, California

Burb – Zones of Living, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

2009

Faculty: The First Generation, California State University Fullerton, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, California

Drawing from Perception IV, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio

Trees in Art, Kendeda Center, Atlanta, Georgia

The California Art Club’s 98th Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, California

Art International Fine Art Fair, Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, California

Celebrating the Golden State, The California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill, San Marino, California

2008

Landscape at Risk: Contemporary Views of the West, Coconino Community College, Flagstaff, Arizona

Celebrating the Golden State, The California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill, San Marino, California

Made in California, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, California

The California Art Club’s 97th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, California

Pastel National (Awarded Honorable Mention), Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas

2006

Faculty Exhibition, Huntington University, Huntington, Indiana

The California Art Club’s 95th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art,Pasadena, California

The California Art Club’s Miniatures Exhibition, First American Trust, Santa Ana, California

2005

Faculty Exhibition, Huntington University, Huntington, Indiana

2003

The Landscape from Long Beach, Cerritos College, Cerritos, California

Industrial Landscapes of the Port of Long Beach, Solo Graduate Exhibition, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California

Works on Paper, Forget it Jake, Chinatown, Los Angeles, California

2002

Seeing the Sea, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California

The California Art Club’s 92nd Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena, California

2001

California State University Long Beach Graduate Exhibit, Second City Council, Long Beach, California

America the Beautiful, Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California

PRESS

2018

The Art and Life of Andy Dickson, Voyage LA

2017

Trees, Artwork Featured, Outdoor Painter Magazine

2014

Up Close, Bob Bahr, Plein Air Collector Magazine

Salton Sea, Bob Bahr, Outdoor Painter

2011

The New Sublime, Ann Japenga, Palm Springs Life

2005

Five Artists, Five Approaches: Landscape Highlights, Lynne Moss, American Artist Magazine

2004

Responding to Subjects of Uncommon Beauty, Lynne Moss, American Artist Magazine

PUBLICATIONS

2021

The Settler Sea: California’s Sea and the Consequences of Colonialism, Cover Artwork, Tracy Brynne Voyles, University of Nebraska Press

2017

Essential Techniques in Landscape Drawing, Artwork Examples, Watson Guptil, Random House

Painting California: Seascapes, Artwork Examples, Molly Siple and Jean Stern, Skira Rizzoli

Warm Color in the Shade, Foreword by Andy Dickson, Hal Baker, Biography of Milford Zornes

2016

Poetry Evoked by Black and White, Ways of Expressions in East and West: A Comparative Perspective on the Sino-American Art Education, Essay and Artwork Examples

2011

Valley of the Ancient Lake, Artwork Included, Ann Japenga, Catalysis Projects

VISITING ARTIST LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS

2017

Artist Presentation at the Ryman Program, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA

Artist Presentation at Biola University, La Mirada, CA

Artist Workshop at California State University Long Beach, Long Beach CA

2016

Artist Lecture and Presentation at Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Artist Lecture and Presentation at Li Keran Art School, Beijing, China

2015

Artist Presentation and Demo at California State University Fresno, Fresno, CA

Workshop, Desert Institute, Joshua Tree National Park Association, Joshua Tree, CA

2014

Workshop, Desert Institute, Joshua Tree National Park Association, Joshua Tree, CA

2012

Artist Lecture, Corban University, Salem, OR

Artist Lecture at Biola University, La Mirada, CA

2011

Artist Lecture at the Salton Sea Museum and North Shore Yacht Club, North Shore, CA

2010

Artist Lecture at College of the Sequoias, Visalia, CA

Artist Lecture at California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

2002

Artist Lecture at Biola University, La Mirada, CA

2001

Ryman Program for Young Artists, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS

2008

Office of Advancement, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA

2005

Dr. David Goldberg, Carmel, CA

2003

Mr. Jan Janura, Rolling Hills, CA

1999

Duke Energy, Moss Landing, CA