| MINDY JOSEPH: AN ABBREVIATED LIST OF RELEVANT DATES AND ENDEAVORS | ||
| 1950 | Born in Miami Beach, Florida | |
| 1971 | Studied in England. First British and European travels | |
| 1973 | B. A., University of Florida Moved to San Francisco, CA |
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| 1974 thru 1992 |
Put on my painter's hat, working primarily in oils. Wore my "other hat" as an Orientation and Mobiliity teacher and counselor for visually impaired people |
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| 1975 | M.A., San Francisco State University | |
| 1978 thru 1979 |
Travel to Greece |
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| 1980 | Discovered my love of pastels, shifting my focus to mixed media work. Sporadic studies at Ca. College of Arts and Crafts and various Bay Area community art schools throughout the upcoming decade |
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| 1980 thru present |
Work shown and collected in Florida and California |
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| 1982 | Travel to Malaysia and Indonesia, where I was deeply impressed by ikat and batik fabric work. Returned to California and began painting with dyes on silk |
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| 1983 thru 1990 |
Operated a craft business painting on silk, and selling at countless craft shows. Continued working in oils and pastels |
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| 1988 | Began scuba diving and travel to the Cayman Islands | |
| 1991 | Fires in the Oakland Hills and internal rumblings about leaving urban America | |
| 1991 thru 1992 |
Exploration around the Caribbean, looking for my island home | |
| 1992 thru 1997 |
Moved to Cayman Brac, in the Cayman Islands, B.W.I. Travel to England, Scotland, Micronesia, Central America, Mexico, and around the Caribbean. Shows and Collectors expanded to include the Caymans and other Caribbean Islands |
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| 1996 | First trip to British Columbia, Canada Discovered Gabriola Island, B.C. |
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| 1997 thru 1999 |
Moved back to rural California. Worked in oils, pastels, mixed media, and began doing etchings |
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| 1999 thru 2000 |
"Mid Life Odyssey" to Fiji, Austrailia, New Zealand, and the Caribbean | |
| 2000 | Moved to my sweet summer home on Gabriola Island, B.C. Returned to working primarily in oils |
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| 2001 thru 2003 |
Winters on Cayman Brac, Kauai, and the Big Island of Hawaii | |
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