Artist Statement

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

2023
40th Anniversary Show
Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, 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, CA
Group exhibition

2015
Art Works
Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, 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, CA
Solo exhibition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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