About

PAINTING

My paintings are an expression of a deep connection to nature and the environment, beginning from childhood. I am inspired by many aspects of the natural beauty of the surroundings on the Cape and Wellfleet in particular. Drawing primarily from memory, I evoke mood, feeling and beauty that our natural habitats offer. The intention is to allow the viewer to perceive the power as well as the healing and renewal that natural landscape provides. By using an abstract representational style, the subject matter becomes universal.

I use a variety of water media, primarily watercolor, gouache and acrylic. Some work is also augmented with textural additives including tissue paper, molding paste and gesso.

I have studied painting at Sharon Arts Center in Sharon, N.H., with Evelien Bachrach and Frankie Brackley-Tolman. 

 DRAWING

I make art because it encompasses and combines all the parts of my life - social, emotional, intellectual, physical and spiritual and moves me forward in my growth as a human being.

The intention of my figurative work is to invite the viewer to see insights within individuals and connections between them. The inspiration for my figurative work begins with an interpretation and rendering of a live model.

Drawing in charcoal, the compositions are also derived through the additional processes of collage, pastel, conte crayon and paint. Combining figures within a spatial setting allows the viewer to create a story of mood, feeling and circumstance.

I have studied drawing at PAAM in Provincetown, MA and at the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill in Truro, MA with Laura Shabott.

COLLAGE

As an art form, collage allows for the emergence of a story in abstraction.

Within the layers of each piece, there is history in images that evoke memories, environments and life experiences. As each collage is created, materials building upon one another, the intention comes forth as a response to the imagery, colors and textures. Identification and connection to the images becomes personal as well as universal.

Working in collage has enabled me to combine abstract representative work inspired by places I have lived with the stories, memories and experiences that occurred in these environments.

I have studied collage through the New Art Center, Newton. MA with Sarah Kahn.

GROUP SHOWS

2024 Wellfleet Public Library, Wellfleet, MA

2023 Wellfleet Public Library, Wellfleet, MA

2021 Truro Center for the Arts at

Castle Hill, Truro, MA

2020 Truro Center for the Arts at

Castle Hill, Truro, MA

Wellfleet Public Library,

Wellfleet, MA

2019 PAAM, Provincetown, MA

Truro Center for the Arts at

Castle Hill, Truro, MA

Wellfleet Public Library,

Wellfleet, MA

2015 Wellfleet Blossoms,

Wellfleet, MA

2011, 2010 The Gallery at Sharon

Arts, Peterboro, NH

SOLO SHOWS

2023 Wellfleet Public Library

2021 Wellfleet Preservation Hall,

Wellfleet, MA

2018 Eastham Public Library,

Eastham, MA

Wellfleet Public Library,

Wellfleet, MA

2016 Wellfleet Preservation Hall,

Wellfleet, MA

2015 Wellfleet Preservation Hall,

Wellfleet, MA

2014 Hancock Public Library,

Hancock, NH

2013 Wellfleet Public Library,

Wellfleet, MA

Amherst Public Library,

Amherst, NH