About Me
Background
I am originally from the Silicon Valley and I studied fine art, English, and French at the University of California, Santa Barbara. After a couple years of office jobs and working to combine my interests into a career, I came upon web design. I spent several months working on the basics skills to get started (XHTML/CSS and the Adobe Creative Suite) and then landed my first full-time professional job! After two years in the field I am back in school to broaden my knowledge of design and to learn additional skills.
Education
Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh, PA
Currently pursuing a Master of Design in Interaction Design. Expected graduation is May 2011.
The University of California, Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara, CA
BA in Art Studio and English, with a minor in French. Through the Education Abroad Program, I spent my junior year at the Université Michel de Montaigne in Bordeaux, France.
Interests
In addition to web and graphic design, I also enjoy painting. The images in my paintings come spontaneously or from photographs. I am particularly interested in enlarging what look like tiny landscapes to me: bits of flora, fungi, and pools of water. The more time spent with a painting, the vaster and more generative the little world becomes.
You can view more examples in my painting gallery, see some of the photographs that have inspired my paintings in my photography gallery, or view my drawing gallery.
Painting Exhibitions
Solo
- Into the Aquarium, Body Therapy Center, Palo Alto, CA, 2006
- Senior Exhibiton, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 2003
Group
Behind the Seven Visions, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, 2006- Small Works, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, 2006
Space Invaders, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 2004
Les Étudiants, Gallery S, Isla Vista, CA, 2004
