Professional Experience
2015-Present Drawing and Painting Instructor, Irvine Fine Arts Center
2011- Present Jewelry Instructor, Saddleback College
2008-2011 Art Teacher, Capistrano Valley High School
2005-2007 Metal Arts Instructor at Irvine Fine Arts Center
2000-present Nielsen Design: Jewelry Designer/Metalsmith
1992-1999 Nielsen Studio: Children’s portrait artist, muralist.
1987-1992 Nielsen Design: Landscape Designer.
1989-1992 Saddleback Community College: Landscape Design Instructor
Gallery Representation
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
Honors and Achievements
Orange County All Media 2019 Juried Exhibit, Butterfly Pendant
Orange County All Media 2018 Juried Exhibit, Finding Balance and Enter Into the Mystery paintings
Irvine Fine Arts Center All Media 2018, Butterfly Pendant
PICTURE THIS GALLERY, LA VIRGEN, Painting chosen for juried show, 2012
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
MILLARD SHEETS GALLERY, Jewelry featured in Summer Solstice Show, 2003
Mural featured in OC Metro. 8/1999.
Mural featured in Orange County Business Journal, 11/1998.
Recipient of Esther Wells Collection Award in National Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, 1996.
National Watercolor Society Signature Member, 1996
Watercolor West Juried Member.1995
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
2015-Present Drawing and Painting Instructor, Irvine Fine Arts Center
2011- Present Jewelry Instructor, Saddleback College
2008-2011 Art Teacher, Capistrano Valley High School
2005-2007 Metal Arts Instructor at Irvine Fine Arts Center
2000-present Nielsen Design: Jewelry Designer/Metalsmith
1992-1999 Nielsen Studio: Children’s portrait artist, muralist.
1987-1992 Nielsen Design: Landscape Designer.
1989-1992 Saddleback Community College: Landscape Design Instructor
Gallery Representation
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
Honors and Achievements
Orange County All Media 2019 Juried Exhibit, Butterfly Pendant
Orange County All Media 2018 Juried Exhibit, Finding Balance and Enter Into the Mystery paintings
Irvine Fine Arts Center All Media 2018, Butterfly Pendant
PICTURE THIS GALLERY, LA VIRGEN, Painting chosen for juried show, 2012
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
MILLARD SHEETS GALLERY, Jewelry featured in Summer Solstice Show, 2003
Mural featured in OC Metro. 8/1999.
Mural featured in Orange County Business Journal, 11/1998.
Recipient of Esther Wells Collection Award in National Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, 1996.
National Watercolor Society Signature Member, 1996
Watercolor West Juried Member.1995
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