Born &
Raised:
Des Moines, Iowa
Training:
Major in Fine Arts
- Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska; FR Hall - Design, a very hard
subject to teach and he did it well.; Pam Glover - Get out and do it! -
We paint hard & laugh hard.
Major Influences:
"Major influence
is late afternoon light and what the light does to nature."
Favorite Painters:
Van Gogh, Lautrec,
N.C. Wyeth, Thiebaud, Joaquin Sorolla, and many, many more.
Shows:
Feb. 2002: Solo
Show, Gallery Alexander, Vail, CO; May 2002: Nancy Dodds, Carmel, CA; July
2002: Solo Show, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA; August
2002: Scene on the
Strait, Martinez, CA; Sept & Nov 2002: Solo Show, Vincents Ear, Lafayette,
CA; 2003: Cohen Rese Gallery, San Francisco; Nancy Dodds
Gallery, Carmel;
Carmel Fine Arts Competition; 2004: Cohen Rese Gallery, San Francisco;
Nancy Dodds, Carmel, Carmel Fine Arts Competition. I always
have work in Vail,
Carmel, & Lafayette.
Galleries:
Gallery Alexander,
Vail, CO; Nancy Dodds, Carmel, CA; Vincents Ear, Lafayette, CA; Cohen Rese
Gallery, 432 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA; Nancy Dodds,
7th and San Carlos, Carmel, CA
Teaching:
I teach 2 workshops
a year. Refer to my web site for details: onodaart.com
Clubs &
Societies:
Benicia Arts, Lamorinda
Arts, Valley Arts, Terra
Awards:
Who's Who in American
Colleges & Universities; Best Mom in the World (OK, I made that up!)
"All of my emotions
are unleashed in my paintings. For me, painting is the one thing that lets
me be me. I see the world with a different set of eyes and it is thrilling
to put that vision in paint on canvas."