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OVERVIEW 2024
Over the past five decades, I have taken art courses in a variety of media: batik, pen-and-ink, watercolor. Throughout my adult life, I have kept notebooks chronicling my observations and experiences. Gradually these became art journals, filled with sketches and collages, along with personal narrative and remarks about the creative process. As these notebooks evolved into more formal exercises, I realized that they were distinct art forms in themselves. At that point, I began creating larger, single pieces. These art journals remain a core part of my studio practice.
After retiring from a fulfilling career as an educator in Baltimore, MD, in 2008, I focused entirely on my artwork. It felt like a dam within me had burst open! The words of Rumi come to mind: “ When you do something you love, you feel a river flowing through you.”
From 2008 -2018, I lived in the Middle East, Asia and New York City, studying with art instructors in all those locations. For several years, I worked fulltime in a studio at the Art Students League in New York City under the guidance of the late Mariano DelRosario, where I began painting abstract landscapes. I have attended numerous workshops , both in-person and on-line, with highly regarded artists, such as Rob Szot, Lewis Noble, Jane Davies, Nicholas Wilton, Louise Fletcher, Alice Sheridan and Mark Eanes.
Currently I divide my time between Baltimore and Vergennes, VT on Lake Champlain, the source of much of my inspiration.
My mixed media pieces and paintings are in private collections throughout the USA.
EXHIBITS
Architectural Heritage, SOLO SHOW, Bham, AL, Nov-Dec 2023
Winkel Gallery, Baltimore, MD May-July 2023
ArtJam, Juried Show, Princeton, NJ May 2023
American Visionary Art Museum, CASA, Baltimore, MD April 2023
Chroma Collective Gallery, Juried, On-Line Exhibit Nov-Dec 2022
American Visionary Art Museum, CASA, Baltimore, MD May 2022
Carter Burden Gallery, NYC, Chelsea March-April 2022
ArtJam, Juried Show, Princeton, NJ October-December 2021
Carter Burden Gallery, Small Works Show, NYC, Chelsea July 2021
Y:ArtGallery, Baltimore, MD April 2021
ArtJam, Juried Show, Princeton, NJ November 2020
Y:ArtGallery, Featured Artist/ Gallery Store, Baltimore,MD
April-May 2020
Carter Burden Gallery, NYC, Chelsea February-March 2020
Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY July 2019
Carter Burden Gallery, NYC, Chelsea July 2019
Creative Space Gallery, Vergennes, VT March 2019
NAWA Members Show, Chrystie Street, South Gallery, NYC
October 2018
Kelso Gallery and Studio, Florence, AL August 2018
Creative Space Gallery, Vergennes, VT August 2018
Carter Burden Gallery, NYC, Chelsea July 2018
Upstream Gallery, Juried Show, Hastings-On-Hudson June-July 2018
NAWA Juried On-Line Show June-August 2018
Phyllis Harriman Gallery, NYC January 2018
Ceres Gallery, NYC, Chelsea December 2017
NAWA Members Show, NYC August 2017
NAWA Juried Show, NYC July 2017
92Y Juried Show, NYC June 2017
Ceres Gallery, NYC, Chelsea December 2016
Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY May 2016
MEMBERSHIPS
Art Students League of New York
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Blowing Rock, NC Washington DC Pittsburg, PA Westwood, MA
Baltimore, MD Princeton, NJ Wyckoff, NY Goshen, CT
Manhattan Beach, CA Vergennes, VT Beaufort, SC Charleston, SC
East Hampton, NY Birmingham, AL Dorset, VT Charlotte, NC
Huntsville, AL Greensboro, NC London, UK Weybridge, VT
Menlo Park, CA Ottawa, Canada Middlebury, VT Tucson, AZ
Manhattan, NYC Tuscaloosa, AL Missoula, MT