www.postcardartexhibit.com - Events Director/Marketing Management - Overseeing Website Development, Technical Support, Events Registration, and Administration.Postcard Art Exhibit, formerly known as Twitter Art Exhibit, (no affiliation to Twitter) is an annual postcard art exhibition that is the combined effort of a team of volunteers sponsoring a different charity each year. PAE's exhibitions utilize social media and public engagement to support charities and nonprofits worldwide. PAE has helped to sustain a library suffering from deep funding cuts to purchase much-needed children's books. Also, an abused women's shelter to improve the lives of the families they serve. And an arts organization mentoring underprivileged young adults in preparation for careers in the visual arts and many other worthy causes.

GALLERY REPRESENTATION Illume Gallery West Online — 2022 to PresentAuthentique Gallery of Fine Art: St George, UT — 2017 to 2022Alfa Frameo: Petaluma, CA — 2012 to PresentStudio 391 Fine Art: Gualala, CA — 2011 to Present(One Person Show Nov 5-Dec 11, 2011)Pelican Art Gallery: Petaluma, CA — 2009 to 2012Earthwood Collections: Estes Park, CO — 2009 to PresentAmerican Visions Art Gallery: Folsom, CA — 2008 to 2012The Link Gallery: Cheyenne, WY — April 2007 to 2010

Founder, CEO / Instructor / Advisory Board MemberPlein Air Liaison operates plein air painting mini-workshops, workshop tours, classes, and events in various locations in and around Petaluma, in most regions of California and several areas throughout the USA and abroad. I, therefore WE, are committed to fostering the plein air community within our local community and overseas through mutual cultural exchange. I'm also committed to engaging and inspiring others with a personalized approach and a firm emphasis on low-impact travel so as not to be "intrusive tourists." I have incredibly high operating standards for providing socially responsible tours and a dedication to sustainable tourism.Our various workshops, demonstrations, lectures, tours, and classes provide our students with generous training by experienced professional artists. Our primary focus is on painting from life. Our workshops take place on location, painting landscapes, seascapes, village, town or city scenes, and a model or still-life outdoors. In inclement weather, we have indoor models or still-life setups with either artificial or natural light or a sheltered outdoor area for protection. I, along with our other PAL instructors and Guest Instructors, strive to teach newcomers and experienced painters their approach to painting en plein air. We concentrate on working individually with students to maximize individual learning. Students become more aware of their surroundings, the effect of light and its movement, warm and cool color shifts, and how design occurs naturally. Our instructors' focus is utilizing value, color, soft and hard edges, using the correct color palette for the conditions of the day and time, simplifying nature and seeing the big shapes, and various visual approaches to produce a successful painting.

Operations ManagerResponsibilities included: Organizing and providing socially responsible tours with a dedication to low impact travel and sustainable tourism.Working one-on-one with classically trained master painters to coordinate and design a custom-tailored workshop/tour to fit their needs while ensuring that the attendees' needs were being met and that their accommodations were comfortable and enjoyable. Provided the student with the highest caliber instruction, but also inspiration and a maintained level of excitement for painting that would carry them far beyond their workshop experience.Looked after the travel arrangements of the attendees and instructor and guided them through their journey while endeavoring to ensure that their stay, locally or abroad, was a pleasant and smooth experience.

Operations Manager / Education Director

Each year, the six issues focus on premium global artworks, including prominent American, Russian, and European paintings, sculpture, and objects of fine art. Responsibilities include attending events, collecting event information from galleries, museums, and photographing for En Couleur and La Galerie sections.

Responsibilities included: writing occasional articles, attending events, collecting event information from galleries, museums, and photography.Article Archive:Painting in America’s Giverny with the Plein Air Painters of America, January 2005Lee Youngman Gallery Profile: October 2004The 19th Annual PAPA Exhibition & Sale at Caesars Tahoe, September 2004William Lester Gallery Profile: April 2004