The Artist

"Mount's paintings invoke breathtaking images, utilizing the natural beauty of nature, while eulogizing the dignity and character of its inhabitants, bringing across the awe-inspiring vista and classical response to landscape."
--Nathan Oliveira

Like the trompe l’oeil revival in the visual arts from the eighteenth century,

my eye is drawn towards the deliberate confounding of the invented and the real.

This has become a new threshold of vitalism in my approach to painting.

To achieve this three dimensional effect, I continue adding extra layers of

paint using various glazes, until the finished surface becomes luminous.

(note: trompe l’oeil is French for “deceive the eye”)

Solo Exhibitions Include:

	2015	"Abstract and Beyond," Sprint Copy Center, Sebstopol, CA, July-August
	2014	"Rhythm and Nature," Sprint Copy Center, Sebastopol, CA, July-August
	2013	"The Big Blue," Laguna de Santa Rosa, Exhibition Hall, Santa Rosa, CA, Oct.-Dec.
	2013	"In the Wind," Sprint Copy Center, Sebastopol, CA, July, August
	2012	"Bringing It All Back Home", Sprint Copy Center, June-July, Sebastopol, CA
	2012	"Abstract Nature" , The Blue Door Gallery, Guerneville, CA, February
	2011	"Nature's Reward", Sprint Copy Center, July-August, Sebastopol, CA
	2007	Cutler Gallery, Sebastopol, CA
	2006	"Private Show", San Francisco, CA
	2005	"Natural Beauty of West Sonoma County", Sprint Copy Center, Sebastopol, CA
	2005	"Paints 2004-2005", Glenn, Guattery, Gunn & McAvry, LLP, Santa Rosa, CA
	1997	"Massai, Samburu and Nomads", Upstairs Art Gallery, Sebastopol, CA
	1992	"Massai", East-West Cafe, Sebastopol, CA
	1990	"Africans", Oberlin Gallery, Napa, CA
	1977	"Red Tails", Fort Mason Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Group Exhibitions Include:

	2011	"Annual Holiday Sale", Soaring Crane Works Studio, Sebastopol, Ca.,December 3, 4 and 10
	2018	“Year of the Dog”, Sebastopol, California, Jan 5 - February 11, 2018
	2016	"Art From The Heart" (Annually since 1980) Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA, Benefit Feb 6, 2016
	2016	"Art at The Source" Sebastopol Art Center, Sebastopol, CA. June 4,5 - 11,12, 2016
	2015	"Art From The Heart" (Annually since 1980) Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA, January 31 2015
	2014	Landscape at the Icehouse, Ice House Gallery, Petaluma, CA May 23rd - June 21st
	2013	Annual Holiday, Soaring Crane works, Sebastopol, CA
	2012	Healdsburg Art Festival , Healdsburg, CA, August 22
	2012	Gala Garden Event, Laguna de Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, CA, September 9
	2012	Art for Life, Windsor, CA, September 8
	2011	"Where the Wild Things Are" Feb. 2-28, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA
	2011	"Nature's Palatte" March 11-April 16, Marin Arts Gallery, San Rafael, CA
	2011	Gala Garden Event (from 2009), Laguna Foundation, Sept. 11, 2-6 ,Sebastopol, CA
	2011	"Art from the Heart" (annually since 1980), Sonoma State Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA
	2011	"Art for Life", (annually since 1980) Face to Face, Santa Rosa, CA
	2008	Sebastopol Gallery, Sebastopol, CA
	2007	"Art from the Source" (annually since 1982), Sebastopol Art Center, Sebastopol, CA
	2007	"Three Women Artists", Cloverdale Public Library, Cloverdale, CA
	2007	Sebastopol Art Gallery, Sebastopol, CA (Opened in April)
	2006	"Art from the Heart", Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA
	2006	"Vernisage", Plaza Art Center, Healdsburg, CA
	2006	"Art from the Source", Sebastopol Art Center, Sebastopol, CA
	2006	"Art for Life", Face To Face, Santa Rosa, CA
	2006	"Small Works", Sonoma County Art Council, Santa Rosa, CA
	2005	"A Festival of Saints", Numina Center for Spirituality and the Arts, Santa Rosa, CA
	2004	"Open Studio and Garden Party", Forestville, CA
	2004	"Friends", Santa Rosa, CA
	2000	"Small Works", Mesh Gallery, Sebastopol, CA
	1988	"Two Artists", Bernice Bing and Marge Mount, Winoma Gallery, Mendocino, CA

Awards

	2005	Merit Award, "A Festival of Saints" Numina Center, Santa Rosa, CA
	1995	Ribbon For Excellence", "Women Creating", Santa Rosa, CA
	1979	Best Painting, Women's Art Festival, Santa Rosa, CA
	1976	Artist-In-Residence Grant, California Arts Council, Sacramento, CA
	1976	Best Painting, Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA
	1969	Carnegie Grant, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
	1968	Carnegie Grant, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
	1967	Carnegie Grant, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

Education

MFA	Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA	June, 1969
BFA	San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA	June, 1967

Collections Include:

Coldwell Banker
Northbay Savings
Stanford University Gallery
Railroad Square Law Offices
Chris Williamson
Barbara Vass Harwood
Fred Kronen and MiK
Johanna and Peter Ottenweiller
Faye and Lou Hinze
Patti McWilliams
Linda Lu Knowles
Spring Lake Village

Bibliography Includes:

Krantz, Les, The California Art Review, (an illustrative Survey of the State's Museums, Galleries and leading Artists), American References, Inc.: Chicago, ILL, 1989, pp.64, 872-874, 881.
Eltner, Lorenz, The Graduate Program in Painting and Sculpture at Stanford, Dept. of Art, Stanford University, 1969.
"Graduate Drawing West", Catalog, Missoula, Montana, 1969.
Garfinkel, Ada, "Sausalito Show is a Winner", Independent Journal, San Rafael, CA, August, 1969.
Klinger, Karen, "A Cornucopia of the Arts in Sausalito", Independent Journal, Vol 115, No. 143, San Rafael, CA September 6, 1976.
Doublex, Vashte, "Artists Interviewed", Roar! News, Vol II, Number 1, pp. 1-4 Rural Women's Resources, Inc., Mendocino County, CA, October, 1988.
Jackson, Jesse, "More on Women Who Are Visual Artists", Sonoma County Women's Voices, No. 81, June-July, 1988.
Zimmer, Jessica, "Santa Rosa Navy Air Base gets new life," Press Democrat, Special to Towns, April 24, 2015, 12"11pm.

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