Education
She attended California College of Arts and Crafts for a year, studied under Nels Eric Oback, and was critiqued by Alexander Nepote.
She attended California College of Arts and Crafts for a year, studied under Nels Eric Oback, and was critiqued by Alexander Nepote.
However, for the most part, Weiss is a self taught artist. She painted her impressions of a space shuttle launch in 1984, under the auspices of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration art program That way, the paint from one side transfers to the table and then to the other side of the paper, along with some of the table"s texture.
This process is continued until an adequate surface has been built up to suggest a subject and composition.
In general, she works away from the subject matter, in the studio without sketches or slides, allowing the process of painting to guide the portrayal. She also works in a more traditional manner, foregoing the surface treatment of the paper, and starting directly with a brush and subject.
Her work is part of over sixty corporate and museum collections. She has held solo exhibitions in California, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, as well as taking part in group exhibitions in Japan and France.