ABOUT

I am an artist who arrived in New Hampshire in 1972, for a 2 week vacation, and never left. I have been making art ever since! Retiring in 2013, after teaching art for 25 years, I now devote my time working my studio practice and spending time in nature as much as possible.

JURIED MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS

  • 2001-Present AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH

  • 1990-93 Sharon Art Center, Sharon, New Hampshire

  • 1990-94 League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Concord, NH

  • 1977-79 Sandwich Home Industries, Sandwich, NH

  • Hebrew Senior Life, Massachusetts ( 2018)

  • Federal Courthouse, Boston, Massachusetts 

  • Various private collections in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Washington, North Carolina, Washington D.C., Florida. Ohio, California, France and Germany

COLLECTIONS

  • The Andover Beacon 2019

  • The Andover Beacon, 2014

  •  Festival of the Arts, 1998-99 Southern Vermont Art Center Catalog,      Manchester, Vermont

  • John Downs, The PSC Clock, 1995 

  • Jacqueline Smith, The Meredith News, 1993

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • 1993-2013    Art Instructor, Belmont High School

  • 1998             Instructor in Drawing, Plymouth State University

  • 1993             Instructor in Color & Design, Hesser College

  • 1992             Instructor in Drawing, Hesser College

  • 1987-92     Art Instructor, Moultonborough Central School

TEACHING

EDUCATION

  • 2000 Art New England, painting with Wilfredo Chiesa

  • 1998      Art New England, mixed media with Julie Graham

  • 1998      MEd. Lesley College, Cambridge, Massachsuetts

  • 1996       Art New England, painting with Wilfredo Chiesa 

  • 1993       Studio assistant for Jules Olitski

  • 1992       Art New England, painting with Harel Kedem 

  • 1991        Art New England, painting with Harel Kedem

  • 1987       BS_Summa Cum Laude, Plymouth State College,  
    Plymouth, New Hampshire

  • 2017 Encaustic Painting with Poland Roland, Santa Fe, N.M.

  • 2016 Norristown Arts Workshop w/ Tim Hawksworth

  • 2015     Art New England, Painting w/ Tim Hawkesworth,
    Lala Zeitlyn                                                                       

  • 2013     Monoprint Encaustic w/ Paula Roland, Santa Fe, N.M.

  • 2012     Art New England, Mixed Media w/ Laurel Sparks 

  • 2007    Women's Studio Workshop, carborundum printmaking

  • 2006    Women's Studio Workshop, photo printmaking

  • 2004     R&F Encaustic Workshop, Plymouth State College

  • 2003     Taos Institute of Art, Artists Books with Sas Colby

CURRENT REPRESENTATION

  • Gallery at Somes Sound - Mt. Desert Island, ME * current

PREVIOUS REPRESENTATION

  • Artisimo - Scottsdale, AZ 

  • Vessels and Jewels - New London, NH 

  • Kathryn Gallery - Columbus, Ohio

  • Artstream Gallery - Rochester, NH

EXHIBITIONS (*solo exhibitions)2021

  • 2005     Kathryn Gallery, Columbus, Ohio 

  • 2004     Ava Gallery, Silent Auction, Lebanon, New Hampshire 

  • 2003     WCA-NH, Belknap Mill, Laconia, New Hampshire 

  • 2003     Mill Brook Gallery, Concord, New Hampshire

  • 2002     WCA-NH,  Society for the Protection of NH Forests, Concord, New Hampshire 

  • 2002     WCA-NH, Newport Arts Center, Newport, New Hampshire 

  • 2002     Belknap Mill, Laconia, New Hampshire 

  • 2001      Pip Gallery, Plymouth, New Hampshire 

  • 1998     Circa 2000 Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio 

  • 1998     Art 3, Manchester, New Hampshire 

  • 1996*    D&M 301, Plymouth, New Hampshire 

  • 1994     YIKES!, Center Harbor, New Hampshire 

  • 1993*    Meredith Public Library, Meredith, New Hampshire 

  • 1990     Horizon’s Edge Gallery, Campton, New Hampshire

  • 2019 Open Studio, Center for the Arts, New London, NH

  • 2016* Benefit Show for Families First Health and Support Center, Kittery, Maine

  • 2014*     Pay It Forward Farm, Benefit Show, Andover, New Hampshire

  • 2013      AVA Gallery, Members Exhibition, Lebanon, New Hampshire

  • 2012      Artstream Gallery, 'Summer Dreams' Rochester, New Hampshire

  • 2008      Artstream Gallery, 'Incredible Print Show', Rochester, New Hampshire

  • 2007      Artstream Gallery, 'Mapping the Way', Rochester, New Hampshire

  • 2006     'New Hampshire Painting in the 21st Century’, Kimball Jenkins Estate and Plymouth State University 

  • 2006     Artstream Gallery, 'Composite Memories', Rochester, NH  

JURIED SHOWS

  • 1999    Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show, Boston, Massachusetts 

  • 1999    Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont 

  • 1997    Collector’s Gallery, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont 

  • 1996    Southern Vermont Art Center National Fall Show, Manchester, Vermont 

  • 1988     Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire 

  • 1986     Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire 

  • 1979     Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire 

  • 1978     Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire

  • 2021 Katzman Contemporary, Dover, NH

  • 2016 Center for the Arts, New London, NH - Livery Sho

  • 2015 Center for the Arts, New London, NH

  • 2006    AVA Gallery - 13th Annual Summer Exhibition Lebanon, NH

  • 2005    WCA-NH, Kimball Jenkins Gallery, Concord, NH

  • 2004    AVA Gallery - 12th Annual Summer Exhibition Lebanon, NH 

  • 2004    Artstream Gallery, ‘Spring Cleaning’ WCA Show, Rochester, New Hampshire 

  • 2003    WCA-NH, "Personal Icons', Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH

  • 2003    Ava Gallery, Eleventh Annual Juried Summer Exhibition, Lebanon, New Hampshire