I have been a professional artist for over twenty years. My husband, artist David Johnson Vandenberg and I live in Tucson, Arizona where we have passionately made art the central part of our lives.

I am most known for my watercolors of the Tucson Barrio and large floral canvases: cactus, night-blooming cereus, iris and amaryllis. Collections include the Tucson Airport Authority, Sky Harbor Airport, the Tucson Museum of Art, Northwest Medical Center, National Bank of Tucson, and Sonoma State College. For almost fifteen years, I have been the designated artist for the Tucson Winter Chamber Orchestra Festival’s annual poster.

Two years ago I became interested in the possibility of entering the world of public art. I am now working on my fourth public art commission, the new Cushing Street Bridge.
Public Art allows me to use my creativity beyond the brush and palette, to explore and use new media and to stretch my approach to solving creative challenges in a new and exciting way.

My long and devoted career as an art educator has brought numerous awards: 2004 Top Ten Finalist, Arizona Teacher of the Year; Tucson Pima Arts Council 2006 Art Educator of the Year and induction to the Sunnyside School District Hall of Fame. I am proud of the many students who have entered and enriched my life. My students have earned numerous scholarship and Congressional art awards.

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PUBLIC ART

Finalist, Terrazzo Floor Design, City of Phoenix, 2009
Commission, Cushing Street/Santa Cruz Bridge, City of Tucson, 2008
Commission, Grijalva Park, City of Tucson, 2008
Finalist, Keeling Neighborhood, City of Tucson, 2008
Finalist, Sunset Villas, City of Tucson, 2008
Finalist, Canoa Ranch Interchange, 2008
Finalist, Tucson Airport Authority, Baggage Level Restroom Walls and Stairwells, 2007
Finalist, Downtown Fire Department Headquarters, Barrio Memorial, Mural, 2007
Public Art Commission, City of Tucson, Bridge Pier, 2007
Commission, Façade Design, Lawrence Community Center, 2006
City of Phoenix Public Art, two commissions, Sky Harbor Airport, 2005
Collection Purchase, Tucson Northwest Medical Center, 2005

SELECTED SHOWS
AND EVENTS

Tucson Museum of Art CRUSH pARTy "Under the Stars" juried Silent Auction, April, 2010
Empire 100, Juried Western Art Show, 2010
Flores de la Luna, painted guitar, Tucson Symphony Orchestra Biannual Art of Music Benefit, 2009
Empire 100, Juried Western Art Show, 2009
World Peace, Mountain Shadows Gallery, Tucson, 2008
La Loteria Guitar, acrylic, Live Auction - $2000, Tucson Symphony Orchestra Biannual Art of Music benefit, Biannual Art of Music Benefit, 2007
Art for Music, Tucson Symphony Orchestra biannual benefit, painted guitar, 2005
Capturing the Wild, Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, Arizona, 2003
Art for Music, Tucson Symphony Orchestra biannual benefit, painted guitar, 2003
The Desert After Dark, Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, Arizona, 2002
Ready, Set, D’Art, Tucson Museum of Art, 2002, 2000, 1998
Four Person Show, El Presidio Gallery, 1991-2002
In Celebration: A Century of Arizona Women Artists, Desert Caballeros Western
            Museum, Wickenburg, Arizona, 2001
In Celebration, Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, Arizona, 2001
In the Garden, Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, 2000
Celebrate Art, Arizona Cancer Benefit, 1999
Garden of Delight, Two-Woman Show, Vanier Fine Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1998
Featured Artist, University of Arizona Alumni Show, 1998
Twenty-ninth Annual Mountain Oyster Club Contemporary Western Art Show,
            Tucson, Arizona, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994
Oil Painters of America Juried Show, Quast Galleries, Taos New Mexico, 1997
Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, 1997
Women Artists and the West, Tucson Museum of Art, 1997
Connections, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, 1997
Bloom, Tohono Chul Park Exhibit Hall, Tucson, 1997
Top 200, National Arts for the Parks, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 1995
Oil Painters of America Juried Show, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, 1995
Southwest Art in the Wine Country, Lee Youngman Gallery, Calistoga, 1995
Tucson A-Z, Tohono Chul Park Exhibit Hall, Tucson, 1995
At Home in Tucson, Tucson Museum of Art, 1992
Fine Art for Fine Causes, Tucson Museum of Art, 1991 

FEATURES AND PUBLICATIONS

Arizona Illustrated, Art for Music, 2007
Arizona Chamber Music Festival Poster, 1994-2008
Poster Artist, the 2000 Fourth Avenue Winter Street Fair
Exploring Color, Nita Leland, Northlight, 1998
Tucson Quick Guide, Cover Artist, 1998
Creative Inspirations, Rockport /Northlight, 1997
The Best of Oil Painting, Rockport/Northlight, 1996
Arts Journal, KOLD News, Patty Weiss, 1996
Preview, Tucson Museum of Art, Summer, 1992
Shades of Life, Tucson Home and Garden, April/May 1992
Stuck at the Airport? Then Look at the Art, New York Times, December 15, 1991
Art Life, Fall/Winter 1991, Cover Artist
Artist Spotlight, Arizona Illustrated, Michael Boyle, KUAT, 1990

AWARDS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Tucson Pima Arts Council, Arts Educator of the Year and Lumie Award, 2006
Inductee, Sunnyside School District Hall of Fame, 2005
Keynote Speaker, Michigan Art Education Association State Conference, 2004
Watercolor Workshop Presenter, Laramie Community College, Cheyenne Wyoming, 2004
Arizona Teacher of the Year, Top Ten Finalist, 2004
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Scholarship Recipient, Teacher Institute in
            Contemporary Art: Art and Technology, June 16-June 23, 2001
Guest Presenter, Michigan Art Education State Conference, Grand Rapids, 2001

COLLECTIONS

Collections include Tucson International Airport, Tucson Museum of Art, Sky Harbor Airport, Sonoma State University, National Bank of Tucson, Tucson Northwest Medical Center, City of Tucson

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, 1978, University of Arizona
Major: Education/Social Studies
Major: Fine Art, 1985