Santa Cruz, CA
dircksenlily@gmail.com
dircksenlily@gmail.com
Group Exhibitions
2026
95th Annual Statewide Landscape Exhibition — group show
2025
Lille Aeske Arthouse — solo show
2025
Coffeetopia — solo show
2025
Santa Cruz Art League — student/teacher group show
2024
Two Faced: A Masquerade Group Portrait Show, the Vision Sanctuary, Santa Cruz, CA
2011
Student Art Show, Horton Gallery, SJDC, Stockton, CA
2010
Student Art Show, Horton Gallery, SJDC, Stockton, CA
Education
2024
Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA — Painting People, with Toaa Dallo
2023
Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA — Landscape Painting in Soft Pastels, with Mary Dettle
2022
Art School of SF Bay, San Jose, CA — Oil Painting, Old Masters Technique (intermediate/advanced)
2009–11
San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA — Associate in Art. Beginning through advanced figure drawing, beginning and intermediate painting, modern art history, art exploration
Projects
2015
Mural, abstract in acrylic — for a jazz musical performance, SJDC theater
Skills
An emphasis on a realistic approach to painting and drawing, across portraiture, figure drawing, landscapes, architectural perspective, and still life. Experience with graphite, erasers, Stabilo pencil, micron pens, dip pens, ink, crayons, colored pencils, charcoal, oil, acrylic, and soft pastels, with some experience in bronze, found-object, and clay sculpture.
Languages
English