Gwen Manfrin lives and works in California, inspired by the ancient oaks that grow alongthe small creek beside her studio. She has a Bachelor’s of Art from UCLA, with a focus ondrawing and painting. Early work was primarily portraits in pastel, many of which hang ina number of public and private collections, including: McGraw Hill Company, NordstromCorporation, SunMicrosystems, Papercone Corporation and Business Week. As well,Gwen has exhibited and painted murals in many local hospitals.Currently, continuing with the figure as her focus, Manfrin explores her subject throughgraphite and watercolor and has exhibited her work in galleries, nationally, and at the SanFrancisco Art Fair, The Dallas Art Fair, Santa Fe Art Expo, Red Dot, Miami/Basel. Her workalso appears in many television and movie productions.Her museum exhibitions include the San Francisco MOMA: “Women’s History Month”,Napa Valley Museum of Art, “HERStory”, the Crocker Art Museum, and most recently, thede Young Museum, San Francisco, CA, in the “Bay Area Open”, juried by the late artist,Hung Lui.Publications include “Spotlight Magazine”,Edition 39, Circle Foundation for the Arts, "Occupy the moment." de Young Museum Exhibition Catalogue, 2022, "Contemporary Artist Magazine," Volume 1, 2021, "Artists of the Bay Area," Jen Tough Gallery Volume 2. 2021, The Reporter, "Color Quest", by Brian Hamlin, "Texture" , Quarto Publishing , London PoetsArtists, Summer 2023