Artist Statement:
My landscape and abstract paintings, inspired by the sites, sounds, and diversity of cultures in over 80 countries I’ve visited, are a reflection of the world I see around me. My style, ranging from impressionistic to expressionistic to abstract, stems from the deep emotions I have as a painter. I strive to convey a sense of place and mood to the viewer.
During the past couple of years, throughout the pandemic and while suspending my travel adventures, I have continued to find joy in expressing memories of my many travel experiences in my art.
My painting style in both oil and acrylic on canvas, linen, or cradled panel, also sometimes combines mixed media and collage. All are translations through my use of color, movement, and mark making to bring my paintings to life!
I’m presently also working on a series, ‘Behind Closed Doors’, that incorporates, through painting, mixed media and assemblage, photographs of a variety of unusual doors that I have seen in different countries. Intrigued by the uniqueness of each door, my compilation of paintings and assemblages on this theme is inspired by curiosity as to who might be living behind these closed doors.
Recent Museum /Gallery Exhibitsions and Award
Juried in:
National Association of Women Artists, Beamesderfer Gallery, To the Next Level Collage and Relief, September 7 -November 5, 2022
Mills Pond Gallery, St. James, NY, Members Showcase 2022, June5-July 10, 2022
Second Place Winner:
Broward Art Guild Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Spring Fling Exhibit 2023, March 29-April 21, 2023
Hotspot Gallery, Wilton Manors, Florida, The Women; Power Imagined, March 4-March 25, 2023
Trask Gallery, New York, New York, National Association of Women Artists New Members Exhibit, November 7-November 18, 2023
One Art Space, New York, New York, National Association of Women Artists 133rd Annual Exhibition, October 14- October 29, 2023
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Juried Photography Exhibit, October 17-March 31, 2023
National Association of Women Artists, Beamesderfer Gallery, To the Next Level Collage and Relief, September 7 -November 5, 2022
Mills Pond Gallery, St. James, NY, Members Showcase 2022, June5-July 10, 2022
1st Place Winner:
The Art Guild, Port Washington, NY, Escape Landscapes, April 10-April30, 2022
Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY, Two Together, December 11, 2021-February 28, 2022, Best of the Best Award, also included in video that received The Long Island Journalism Award
Mills Pond Gallery, St. James, NY, Visualizing the Past, Winner, 2nd Prize, “Eruption!”
Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY, Forever Young, July 1-August 15, 2021, also on YouTube, visual and audio
The Art League of Long Island Gallery, Huntington, NY, Awakening, July 17-September 6, 2021
The Art Guild, Port Washington, NY, Member’s showcase, June4-July 10, 2021
Women’s Caucus for Art, Washington, DC, Changing the World, Women Role Models,
May 17- June 19, 2021
Ridgefield Guild of Artists Juried Members Show, May 22-June 19, 2021
D’Art Center Gallery, Norfolk, Virginia, Merged 11, Assemblage and Collage, May 1-May 23, 2021
Ellington-White Contemporary Gallery, Fayetteville, North Carolina, ART and SOCIAL JUSTICE,
May8- June 26, 2021
Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, Conn, Focus on Portraiture, April 10- May 10, 2022
Regional Center for Women in the Arts, Westtown, PA, By and About Women, March 29, 2021
1st Place Winner:
Webster Arts, St. Louis, Missouri, Elevate,
March 16- April 30, 2021
Flagler County Art Gallery, Palm Coast, Florida, Faces and Figures Exhibition,
February 28- May30, 2021
Marin Society of Artists Gallery, San Rafael, CA, Artists Vision 2021, March 1- May 1, 2021
National Association of Women Artists, Special Women/HERstory, March 1-March 31,2021
Arts Illiana Gallery, Terre Haute, Indiana, Masks Exhibition, March 3- May 31, 2021
The Art Guild, Port Washington, NY, The Painted Moment Exhibition, March 11-April 14, 2021
Nuu Muse Contemporary Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Women in Art-Reflections Exhibit,
March 13-March 31, 2021
The Art Guild, Port Washington, NY, My 20/20 World Photography Exhibit, February 10- March 10, 2021
University of Southern Mississippi, An International Juried Photography Exhibition,
February 5- March 22, 2021
Stola Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Rest in Power Exhibition,
December 31, 2020- February 7, 2021
Firefly Gallery, The Darcy Center for the Arts, Northport, NY, Dec 1, 2020- January 23, 2021, Honorable Mention: Moment of Light
Cabell Arehart Gallery, Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, Virginia, Breath Exhibit, December 3, 2020- January 10, 2021
The Art Guild, Port W, The Art of the Mark, Port Washington, NY, December 3, 2020-
January 10, 2021
Limner Gallery, Soho and Hudson Galleries, NY, Global Meltdown Exhibition, October 1-31, 2020, Featured in Direct Magazine, hardcopy/Spring 2021
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Many Voices, Many Views, August 10- September 7, 2020, Featured presenter/ Artists
Roundtable
Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, Missouri, Global Impact/the Wake of COVID, August 14-September 25, 2020
Women’s Caucus for Art, Washington, DC, Terrel Gallery, See My Color, September 30- November 30, 2020
Artios Gallery, NY, NY, The Art of Being Alone, October 1- November 1, 2020, Featured in ‘Art of Being Alone’, hardcover book
Education:
Hartford Art School of The University of Hartford; BFA in Art Education, full 4 year scholarship, including room and board
New York Institute of Technology, MA in Painting
Santa Reparata International School, Florence, Italy, continuing education in painting and printmaking
Painting Residency/Joan Snyder, Provincetown, MA
Lab School, Washington, DC: chosen for a week of study with Robert Rauschenberg
Lifetime Achievement Awards:
Fulbright Scholarship- awarded by the United States and Japanese governments. Worked in Japan with an artist to create a Peace
Mural that was sent to The Presidential Library in the White House
Disney Teacher Award-1 of 39 teachers chosen nationwide from 150,000 nominations (only Visual Arts Teacher)
Robert Rauschenberg Power of Art Award
USA Today Teacher of the Year
New York State/ Long Island: Art Teacher of the Year
Work Experience:
Present: Full time painter in New York and Delray Beach studios; work consistently chosen for galleries and museum exhibitions. Also in private collections throughout The United States, Canada, and Japan, as well as featured in national and international publications
Retired Art Teacher, Jericho Public Schools, Jericho, Long Island, New York, 30 years
Vice President, Long Island Art Teachers Association
Workshop Coordinator and Presenter, New York State Art Teachers Association
Professional Organization Memberships:
National Association of Women Artists
Women’s Caucus for Art
Art League of Long Island
The Art Guild of Long Island
The Mills Pond Gallery, Long Island
The Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Connecticut
Publications:
Rest in Power! The Life, Legacy, & Mission of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stola Contemporary Gallery, Amazon Books
Limner Gallery Magazine Publication, Fall 2020, hardcover, Spring 2021
Artios Gallery, NY, Hardcopy: The Art of Being Alone
Today I Made a Difference, Inspirational Stories from America’s Top Educators, F&W Media, Inc.
Best Practices/What Award Winning Teachers Do, Corwin Publishing Company
American Teacher: Heroes in the Classroom, Welcome Books