After 40 years of teaching at the university level, I decided to retire and become a full-time painter in the very late summer of 2019. Moving across the USA from Northern California to the Southeast was a daunting solo task, especially on the heels of the devastating Camp Fire of 2018, the worse fire in California History. The University—-California State University-Chico—as a standard rite of passage, deemed me as an Emerita Professor, a title I hold proudly.
Since then, I have exhibited twice in the Southeast, was the solo juror for a regional exhibition at an art center where I will have a solo exhibition in the summer of 2021. At present, I have mostly focused upon the redesigning a very good blue print for a sturdy house, and converting the upstairs into a working studio space. It’s almost completed, I move in a month, and I am extremely grateful to achieve this during a massive international health pandemic.
