PO. Box 3157                              

Crestline, CA 92325

Phone: 909.567.0125

Email: Serena@zittaw.com

Daily Painting Blog: http://serenasdailypainting.blogspot.com/

EDUCATION:
BA in Fine Arts, University of Utah 1991

AA Liberal Education, Cottey College 1988
Work shops and life drawing, Continuing Education, Santa Barbara City College 1997-1998.

EXHIBITIONS and GALLERIES:

Art Festival at Hesperia Airport, Hesperia, CA 2008

Various group shows at the Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California 2008 -
Thousand Oaks Community Art Gallery, T. O. California, Group shows, 2005-2007

First National Bank, Camarillo, CA. Private show, October - December 2006

100 Market Street Gallery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Group show, October through November 2004.                                                                                     

Mariposa Museum, Peterborough, New Hampshire, US, 2003 - 2004.
DORIC ARTS, Musgrave House, 5 King Street, King's Lynn,PE30 1ET, UK, November 2001 through February 2003.
The Chapel Gallery Room, 3 Chapel Yard, Holt, UK, October 2001 through August 2002.
Norfolk and Norwich Open Studios, UK, taster exhibitions 2000,2001 and 2002.
Featured Artist at Gallery 113, Santa Barbara, CA, May through April of 1997.
Featured Artist at Whitmore Library Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah, August of 1992.
Juried group exhibition at the University of California Santa Barbara, September 1998.
Numerous juried shows at the Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA. 1996 – 1998.
Numerous group shows at Gallery 113, Santa Barbara, CA. 1996 – 1998.
Group exhibition at the King's Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah, Spring of 1991.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/WORK EXPERIENCE:

Member of the Plein Air Artists of Riverside (PAAR), Riverside, CA 2008 -

Member of the Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA 2008 -

Member of the Westlake Village Art Guild, West Lake, CA 2005 - Present

Member of the Thousand Oaks Plein Air Water Color Painters, Thousand Oaks, CA 2005- Present

Member of the New Hampshire Plein Air Painters, 2005 - Present

Chairman of the Norwich Artist's Open Studios 2001 and 2002.

Member of the Santa Barbara Art Association (juried membership) 1996 to present.

Invigilator for the Faulkner gallery, Santa Barbara, CA. 1996-1998.

I have taught several drawing workshops in elementary schools and for church groups.

SALES and COMMISSIONS:

My work is in private collections throughout the United States, Europe and South Africa.
I have received many private commissions for portraits.