Artist’s Statement / Background
I paint in watercolor, just for the joy of it, but my painting and my
subject matter are a reflection of the interests of my life. A
native Californian from the Monterey Bay area, I have lived, worked,
and raised a family here, since graduating from U.C. Berkeley with a
major in Sculpture, where I studied with Jacques Schnier and Richard
O’Hanlon. My professional career has been in medical research,
including technical and medical illustrating, which has given me a
great appreciation for the beauty of organization and design in the
natural world.
Art training, in various media (oil, pastel, life-drawing, etching), has
been at community classes and art clubs. As I concentrated on
watercolor, I studied with many inspirational artists at Mendocino Art
Center, Jade Fon’s Asilomar Workshops, and in many individual
workshops in the United States and abroad. China, Italy, France,
Mexico, Belize, the South Pacific and South America have been among my
painting destinations, where I find painting on site a perfect way to
travel and experience a country or culture. However, the Northern
California coast is still a favorite subject.
I try in my paintings to balance intellectual knowledge with the
emotional and aesthetic response to my subject, and I love the clear
luminescent quality of the watercolor paint itself.
My paintings have been exhibited locally in many group and one-woman
shows, and with the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Santa Clara Valley
Watercolor Society, Silicon Valley Open Studios, Los Altos Art Club,
and “Watercolor California,” a group of 12 artists from the San
Francisco Bay Area.
Contact Information
Email
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cmead@stanford.edu
Studio
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1220 Arthur Court
Los Altos, CA 94024
Phone
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(650) 964-3819
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Mendocino Coast
Watercolor
Silverado Trail
Watercolor
Provence Farm with Poppies
Watercolor
Mte. Sainte-Victoire
Watercolor
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