Professional Experience
2020-present: Udemy Art Instructor, Online platform of 'for purchase' Drawing and Painting Classes.
2011- present: Jewelry Fabrication and Enamels Instructor, Saddleback College
2008-2011: Credentialed Public School Art Teacher, Capistrano Valley High School
2005-2007: Metal Arts Instructor at Irvine Fine Arts Center
2000-present: Nielsen Design: Jewelry Designer/Metalsmith
1992-present: Nielsen Studio: Children’s portrait artist, muralist.
1987-present: Nielsen Design: Landscape Designer.
1989-1992: Landscape Design Instructor, Saddleback College
Honors and Achievements
2020 Jade and Gold Virtual Tour: Created a virtual tour of the exhibit, Jade and Gold, Masterworks from Taiwan for the Bowers Museum.
2019 Orange County All Media 2019 Juried Exhibit at CHEMERS GALLERY, Butterfly Pendant
2019 Created and presented a lecture on the Elements of Art and Their Application to the Bowers Collection for the Bowers Docent Guild.
2018 Orange County All Media 2018 Juried Exhibit at CHEMERS GALLERY, Finding Balance and Enter Into the Mystery paintings
2018 All Media 2018 at Irvine Fine Arts Center, Butterfly Pendant
2018 Featured Speaker: Finding Your Voice as an Artist, Bowers Museum, Bead Society of Orange County
2012 LA VIRGEN at PICTURE THIS GALLERY, Our Lady of Guadalupe
Cover ART JEWELRY MAGAZINE, Jan. 2005
Article featured in ART JEWELRY MAGAZINE, Jan. 2004, Nov. 2004
2005-2008 Board Member of Metal Arts Society of Southern California
2003 MILLARD SHEETS GALLERY, Jewelry featured in Summer Solstice Show
Mural featured in OC Metro. 8/1999.
Mural featured in Orange County Business Journal, 11/1998.
1996 Recipient of Esther Wells Collection Award in National Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition
1996 National Watercolor Society Signature Member
1995 Watercolor West Juried Member, 1995
Gallery Representation
Irvine Fine Arts Center Gallery in Irvine, CA
Chemers in Tustin, CA
Freehand in Los Angeles, CA
Fiona Blue in Morro Bay, CA
Little Bohemia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
La Rue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Heart of the Home in Asheville, North Carolina
Gallery on Glassell in Orange, California
Education
2009 Azusa Pacific University, Masters in Education Digital Technology
2008 Azusa Pacific University, Single Subject Teaching Credential in Visual Art
2001 California State University, Fullerton, Bachelor of Arts/Crafts
1985 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Bachelor of Science: Landscape Architecture
1984 California State University, Florence, Italy, Studies in Art History, Architecture and Landscape Architecture
2020-present: Udemy Art Instructor, Online platform of 'for purchase' Drawing and Painting Classes.
- Over 1600 classes sold to date.
2011- present: Jewelry Fabrication and Enamels Instructor, Saddleback College
2008-2011: Credentialed Public School Art Teacher, Capistrano Valley High School
2005-2007: Metal Arts Instructor at Irvine Fine Arts Center
2000-present: Nielsen Design: Jewelry Designer/Metalsmith
1992-present: Nielsen Studio: Children’s portrait artist, muralist.
1987-present: Nielsen Design: Landscape Designer.
1989-1992: Landscape Design Instructor, Saddleback College
Honors and Achievements
2020 Jade and Gold Virtual Tour: Created a virtual tour of the exhibit, Jade and Gold, Masterworks from Taiwan for the Bowers Museum.
2019 Orange County All Media 2019 Juried Exhibit at CHEMERS GALLERY, Butterfly Pendant
2019 Created and presented a lecture on the Elements of Art and Their Application to the Bowers Collection for the Bowers Docent Guild.
2018 Orange County All Media 2018 Juried Exhibit at CHEMERS GALLERY, Finding Balance and Enter Into the Mystery paintings
2018 All Media 2018 at Irvine Fine Arts Center, Butterfly Pendant
2018 Featured Speaker: Finding Your Voice as an Artist, Bowers Museum, Bead Society of Orange County
2012 LA VIRGEN at PICTURE THIS GALLERY, Our Lady of Guadalupe
Cover ART JEWELRY MAGAZINE, Jan. 2005
Article featured in ART JEWELRY MAGAZINE, Jan. 2004, Nov. 2004
2005-2008 Board Member of Metal Arts Society of Southern California
2003 MILLARD SHEETS GALLERY, Jewelry featured in Summer Solstice Show
Mural featured in OC Metro. 8/1999.
Mural featured in Orange County Business Journal, 11/1998.
1996 Recipient of Esther Wells Collection Award in National Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition
1996 National Watercolor Society Signature Member
1995 Watercolor West Juried Member, 1995
Gallery Representation
Irvine Fine Arts Center Gallery in Irvine, CA
Chemers in Tustin, CA
Freehand in Los Angeles, CA
Fiona Blue in Morro Bay, CA
Little Bohemia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
La Rue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Heart of the Home in Asheville, North Carolina
Gallery on Glassell in Orange, California
Education
2009 Azusa Pacific University, Masters in Education Digital Technology
2008 Azusa Pacific University, Single Subject Teaching Credential in Visual Art
2001 California State University, Fullerton, Bachelor of Arts/Crafts
1985 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Bachelor of Science: Landscape Architecture
1984 California State University, Florence, Italy, Studies in Art History, Architecture and Landscape Architecture