Mendocino Eco Artists

For me, painting is a practice, a perspective on life. Each new piece presents a chance for optimism. This is why I paint and what I hope to convey.

The experience of Mendocino, on the coast and inland, has inspired and informed my painting for decades. Along with interpreting the natural world through painting, I serve on the Board of the Mendocino Land Trust, supporting efforts to preserve and conserve the special and precious places in our environment.

Primarily self -taught, I took painting and drawing workshops at Mendocino Art Center (MAC), College of the Redwoods, San Francisco Art Institute, and from renowned watercolor teachers: George Post, Barbara Nechis, and Frank Webb.

Chosen as an Artist in Resident at Yosemite National Park, I had the opportunity to show at the Yosemite Museum Gallery. My work has been exhibited at California College of the Arts, California Oak Foundation, California Wildlife Foundation.

Currently, I show my work at the Artists Cooperative of Mendocino, where I serve as President.

For information on private painting instruction, please contact me through my website (below).

Birdland


Navarro Point Preserve


Sandbar at Navarro Beach

5 Rivers Dream


Big River- Changing Sandbars


Color on the Cliffs


Pelican Point


Under Water

The MEA artists are

Karen Bowers, Mary‑Ellen Campbell, Maeve Croghan, Eleanor Harvey, John Hewitt, Julie Higgins, Debra Beck Lennox, Deborah Nord, Trish Orchard, Janis Porter, Paul Reiber, Bob Rhoades