Biography:

I graduated from C.C.A. in 1987 with an MA in drawing

I have produced chalk pastels, oil paintings and alternative process images for 20 years. I have been in variuos shows and publications and am currently working on hand bound books of my work.

CCSF Photography and You:

Shortly after graduating from California College of Arts and Crafts with a MA in drawing, a couple quirky but intense life events unfolded in my life and I became spectacularly blocked.

I could not complete a drawing and was feeling frustrated by my entire process: figurative chalk pastel images of swimmers above and below the surface.

I was working from snap shots off a very basic point and shoot camera (film based as this was all pre-digital in the 1980’s) and reasoned

if I could have more control over the photo source, I could create more freely.

So I enrolled in beginner photo classes at City College.

After the pricey art school, I could not believe how thorough, supportive and creative City college courses were! I soon found I loved playing with the medium more than using it as a drawing source. For the next years, after learning the basics, I immersed myself in alternative processes, re-enrolling in so many classes and spending as much time as I could in the fabulous color print processing darkroom.

I learned so much from the students who were also experimenting as well and

will always miss this facility.

Now that film printing and especially color print development is marginalized,

I know how lucky I was to be part of it all at City.

It was amazing while it lasted and for that, I‘ll always be grateful.

Ja, jag borde sova. Imorgon ska jag upp kl 04 för att påbörja färd mot Korsika… Har varit dålig på att få till packning och förberedelser. Och fem i tolv blir det dessutom en runda för att ordna en dagens bild. Det är en jäkla action på stan (bilden är tagen utanför vår lägenhet). Notte Bianca har just börjat komma igång på allvar (Från Firenzes hemsida: On April 30 2011 the city of Florence won’t go to bed! The event, called “la notte bianca”, offers the opportunity to visit museums and galleries and to go shopping by night. Variuos cultural inititiatives and most of the shops open until late will make this Saturday a special occasion!). Annars har jag idag lämnat resten av familjen på Bolognas flygplats. De flög halv sex på eftermiddagen. Deras resa gick ganska bra, även om Siri inte ville ta på sig bältet vid landningen… När vi skypade på kvällen fick jag knappt en skymt av Siri, som ju har fullt upp med annat hemma hos mormor och morfar!

Brecht Bug Waiting in Grocery Store Line for that One Person to Find Exact Change - Newspaper Cartoon Without Paper or News - Gadfly - A Brechtbug news paper cartoon with variuos insect characters - insect comic strip comics bug bugs Starring - Kid Maggot - Gadfly - Brechtbug - Anonymous Fred - Cornelius - Rev Bish - Renfield - Godfry and others in a barren Art world landscape