Alicia Lee Farnsworth was born creative. Drawing cartoons since age three, she fortified her talent with a BFA degree in Communication Design and Illustration from Otis/Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles. She has worked as a painter, sculptor, writer and Illustrator for over 10 years. Alicia is the author of the Artful Impression Tarot Deck; a self-published deck made from 79 different carved linoleum block originals. She wrote a book of poems as a companion to the deck and is working on a larger book.

Anatomy training as a massage therapist helps her express her knowledge of human / animal natures and physicality to clay, canvas, linoleum block, digital art and now welded and brazed metal art. Thriving on variety, she does many different things. She finds the same spirit of creativity in baking cookies or exercising as sculpting and painting. . She is a former San Francisco Gem and Mineral Society board member, former panel speaker for San Francisco Sex Information specializing in disability and sexuality issues. She misses working behind the scenes in San Francisco small theaters.

Now far away from San Francisco's Arts Scene Alicia is committed to promoting the Arts and Improving access for people with disabilities in Lake County. In her spare time she enjoys organic gardening. She donates her time and services to important social and environmental issues affecting Lake County and California. Alicia is a current member of the Lake County Arts Council and the Lake County Rock Hounds.

Alicia enjoyes teaching, doing digital illustration and creating sculpture.

The Ever Widening Circle poster image done in 2000, marked Alicia’s successful transition from tactile to digital expression. She even had a "fine art"display of her digital art in a Berkeley store window. That show led to a job teaching ceramics to children through the Berkeley's Inclusion Program. The inclusion program involves children with a wide age range and ability level. It is a rare chance for non-disabled kids and disabled kids to be taught together and to learn from each other. Classes are taught after school at designated park program locations.

Alicia aims to do more teaching. In early 2006 she passed the California Basic Educational Skills test and got her Emergency 30 day credential and now is a substitute teacher in various Lake County schools.

Illustration and design work include:complex book cover illustrations for various authors at bookpublisher.com, a variety of children's illustration projects for Eileen Wagner Design and Scholastic Books. Some specific tittles are: "Bunny Bingo" "Magic University Coloring Book", "Who's that Dog" and others. The "Farmyard Phonics" board game project included and all game illustration and game piece design.

Alicia's latest artistic pursuit has been public outdoor scuture. In June 2005 Alicia unveiled her first , welded steel sculpture for the Eco Arts Lake County Sculpture walk 2005, Her piece "Persephone Emerging" is utilizes steel,glass, local lava rock and obsidian in this installation nestled in a beautiful natural setting. In 2006 She did another steel and wood diarama-like landscape called Lake County Landscape. Her latest sculpture for the 2007 EcoArts event will draw from Greek myth again. It is another new medium for her and is the largest sculpture she has ever done. Her sculpture of Daphne will be of carved mostly from a wood stump. It will be over 8 feet tall.

To contact Alicia, e-mail her at:

Alicia@artfulalf.com

Education and Training

Basic Education: Graduated from Highland Park high school, Highland Park, IL

BFA, Communication Art and Illustration, Otis/Parsons, LA 1990

Studied Hand-building at Otis’s Ceramic department, 1989-90

Massage Therapist and Health Education Certificate, National Holistic Institute, 1991

Supplemental Classes at San Francisco City College, 1995-98

Including: Figure drawing, hand-building, ceramic sculpture, jewelry, gemology, mixed media, book arts and printmaking

Supplemental Classes at Yuba College, Clearlake Campus 2002-2003

Arc Welding, gas welding, inert gas welding

California Emergency 30 Day Substitute Teaching Credential 2006-present

Public Art Installations

EcoArts Lake County Sculpture Walk 2005-2007 Current Exhibition , June - 0ct 2007 Middletown County Park Lake County, CA

Gallery Shows

"Apples in the Pie" Show, Cell Space Crucible Steel Gallery San Francisco, CA March, 2000

San Francisco City College Juried Ceramics Show, San Francisco CA 1997

Small Works Show, Sonoma State University, CA 1996

Otis / Parsons Senior Project exhibit, Los Angeles, CA, May 1990

Small Works Show, Work 6 Inches and Under, Otis Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, May, 1990

A Delicate Balance- Geo / Political Art. Otis Art Gallery, Los Angeles May, 1989

Small Edition Book Show, Los Angeles, CA 1988

Other Fairs and Art Exhibits

Art in Public Places, Clearlake CA Nov. 2004- June 2005 Paintings on Display at the Clearlake "Bank of the West" Framed Tarot art on display, Clearlake City Hall

Eco Arts Winter ShowJan 2005 painting and ceramic sculpture display, Calpine Geothermal building in Middletown CA

Soroptomistist Craft Faire Oct 2004, Tarot art, Tarot t-sirts painting and sculpture on display and for sale at this annual outdoor event in Clearlake,CA

Disability Window Project, October 2000, group show of artists with disabilities in a Berkeley storefront. Alicia's work included paintings, sculptures and digital art.

Ever Widening Circle, Sept. 2000- Won art competition, Image used on posters, programs, awards and media campaign including Television announcements Art also used again on the 2001 program.

International Tarot Gala, Jan 2000,framed art featured. Donated art for fundraising auction.

Naughty Santa Black Market, Displayed at art fair 1997-2000

Bay area Tarot Symposium 1998- 2000, prints, T-shirts and tarot art displayed.

Anon Salon 1997 - First exhibition of framed tarot art.