ABOUT

I am an American artist, whose work encompasses figurative painting and drawing, as well as painting on photographs. My creative process explores issues of loss and absence in the faces and human figures that populate my work.  The images that emerge reveal themselves in a wide range of materials and styles, and have been influenced by a number of artists: in particular Max Beckmann, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Egon Schiele, Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, and the Fayum portrait painters of the 1st - 3rd century.

I am currently based in Marin County, California, and on Banks Peninsula of New Zealand’s South Island.

Exhibitions

2024   Te Mata Hapuku Photography Exhibition, Birdling’s Flat Community Center,
Birdling’s Flat, Canterbury, New Zealand, Group exhibition

2023 40th Anniversary Show, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, On-line group exhibition

2017 Red, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Juried group exhibition

Wild Carrots 25th Anniversary, Toby’s Gallery, Point Reyes Station, CA, Group exhibition

2015 Art Works, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, Group exhibition

Myth and Inner Landscape, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Juried group exhibition

2014 Suzanne K Parker and Will Thoms, Art by the Bay Weekend Gallery, Marshall, CA, Two-person exhibition

New Work: Painted Photographs, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, Solo exhibition

Wild Carrots, Art by the Bay Weekend Gallery, Marshall CA, Group exhibition

Open Secrets, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, Group exhibition

2013 Uninvited Guests, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, Solo exhibition

2012 Sojourns, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, Group exhibition

2011 Hand-made Books, Sometimes Books Gallery, Point Reyes Station, CA, Group exhibition

Avatars/Aliases/Alter, Egos , 1044 Larken Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Group exhibition

Collectives: Unique Artist Groups of Marin, Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA, Group exhibition

2010 Tending the Wild, Commonweal, Bolinas, CA, Group exhibition,

The Things We Leave Behind, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, Solo exhibition

2010 Pazapa, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Group exhibition

2009 Remnants of Home, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, Solo exhibition

2008 Wild Carrots Offerings, , San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center, San Geronimo, CA, Group exhibition

Crossing Over, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, Solo exhibition

Wild Book Show, Point Reyes Books, Point Reyes Station, CA, Group exhibition

2007 Interlude, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, Solo exhibition

Wild Wisdom, Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael, CA, Group exhibition

2006 Body Work, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, Solo exhibition

2005 Appearances, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, Solo exhibition

Members Show, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, Group exhibition

2004 About Face, Gallery Route One, Point ReyesPoint Reyes Station, CA, Solo exhibition

Education

1978-1981 California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA

1982-1983  University of California, Berkeley, CA