Painter
Member of Flag since 2023
Artist Statement:
“Even Darkness has light – the merging of the two.” I began doing night paintings in 2022. I have been doing landscapes so why not paint the landscape at night? The first two or three have a limited palette and they are of my neighborhood. I painted the community park and guardhouse. I like the contrast of the light and dark and the fact that details become abstracted. Night landscapes brought up my childhood fear of separation and aloneness. These works inadvertently gave me tools to deal with this
feeling. In childhood the Cuban crisis and the constant media advice to be on alert (be prepared with a fallout shelter). The idea of separation from my family caused recurring nightmares. In 1973 I had to deal with that fear when I was in Israel during The Yom Kippur War. Included in this series are daylight landscapes of present-day Israel. Today Israel is my comfort place, the place of my people, very artistic, bustling, and family oriented. My art merges my past so darkness has become a creative endeavor and in it I find the light.
My medium is paint and mixed media. Many of my pieces are painted on wood. I love how the paint applies to this surface. A series of paintings include Hebrew font. I am drawn to the movement and shape of this alphabet – its mystical and historical roots. I love incorporating sewing, painting, collage, drawing and recycling and have created a group of large fabric mixed media pieces. My childhood prepared me for my craft – My earliest memories are drawing and sewing. I attended Edinboro University and Kean University -graduating with a degree in Art Ed and Special Education with teaching certification in New Jersey and Florida. In New
Jersey I did a six -month Art Therapy Internship at Essex County Hospital Center.
My permanent home has been South Florida since 1975. I am a retired Miami-Dade art teacher teaching K-12 art and autistic classes. Prior this I was employed at South Florida State Psychiatric Hospital as a Rehab/Art Therapist. My patients and students won awards and had their art published (the Schizophrenia Bulletin /Natl. Inst. Of Mental Health – 1993 -cover photo & college textbook). I was
interviewed on Channel 17 with patients about the First Hospital Art Show. My students earned first time AP Drawing credit. I created and copyrighted zippered paintings. Currently I am an active member of The National League of American ———– , and Gold Coast Watercolor Society. I was represented by The Greene Gallery in Coconut Grove Florida and was an active member of —–Caucus for Art. I continue to exhibit and win awards in juried shows. My devotion to making art is lifelong.
Selected Art Awards:
Gold Coast WaterColor Society: “Art on Fire just add Water”11/1/11-11/30/22, JUDGES RECOGNITION
“VMRC Juried Art Exhibition” JUROR’S CHOICE,
7/26- 8/26/20. Virginia
“VMRC National Multimedia Show” 2019,
HONORABLE MENTION
“Tri County Biennial” Broward Art Guild, Fort Lauderdale, Fl., JUDGES RECOGNITION
“The 8th Annual Art Exhibit at Ocean Bank, Miami, HONORABLE MENTION – JUDGES AWARD
“Inspirations 99” George Cornell Museum, Delray, Fl.
FIRST PRIZE- PAINTING
“Royal Poinciana Festival” at the Miami Herald-
HONORABLE MENTION
“Greater Hollywood Creates” Hollywood Art Guild, Hollywood Fl. – FIRST PRIZE PAINTING
ART TEACHER RETIREMENT RECOGNITION AWARD,
Dade Art Educators -2017 –
Listed in “Art in America” -11/1983 & Annual Guide-83-84
“Kaufman Roberts” Private Collection Purchase -1986
“Southern Exposure” Juried Exhibition at the Historical Museum in Miami-1986
3rd Annual “Love thy Neighbor Art Show & Auction,
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.
Solo Exhibits:
Holocaust Documentation Center -artist invite –
2/2020 – 5/2021
Broward County Department of Planning and Environment Protection, Ft. Lauderdale – 2002
Represented by The GREENE GALLERY, Coconut Grove, Fl. 1983 – 95
“Premiere Collection of Art to Wear” at the Museum of Science, Miami – 1984
Represented at the “Carefully Chosen Gallery”
Lincoln Road -1986
Upcoming 2024 at Anne Kolb Nature Center/
West Lake Park, Hollywood, FL
Group Exhibitions:
2023:
“Artistic License” at Museum of Contemporary Art of AMERICA, Miami 8/4-9/15
“VMRS Natl. Art Exhibition”, 5/28-6/26
Harrisonburg, Virginia-Academy Center of the Arts,
“Natl. Juried Exhibition”,4/7-5/1,
Lynchburg, Virginia
2022:
“Art on Fire- “JUDGES RECOGNITION -Gold Coast Watercolor Society,11/1-11/30, Coral Springs , Florida
“FAEA “Members Juried Virtual Exhibition”,
10/14, Orlando, Florida
“Inspired by George Inness: Life and Landscape” Studio Montclair & Montclair Art Museum, Montclair New Jersey
“National League of American Pen Women Annual Juried Exhibition”4/2-4/30
“2022 Academy Center of the Arts Natl. Juried Art Exhibition”4/1-4/30, Lynchburg, Virginia
2021:
“Art Guild 49th Annual Melvin Gallery Art Exhibition”, 5/3-6/7,Lakeland, Florida
“G55LEX National Competition & Exhibition”, Galesburg Il. 3/5-4/3
2020:
“The Salon Exhibition” at artserve Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.
“Riverviews12th Annual Art Show “Lynchburg, Fl. 11/6-12/11
“90th Natl. Art League Juried Open Exhibit “New York, 10/1-10/31
“VMRC Juried Art Exhibition” JUROR’S CHOICE, 7/26-8/26, Virginia
“Pain, Process and Promise”, 7/10 -8/20, Alliance for the Arts Fort Myers, Fl.
“Attending to Wonder”, 5/26-7/26, Gainesville fine Arts, Gainesville, Fl.
“Access & Opportunity, Diversity & Inclusion”, Monmouth University International Exhibit, New Jersey, 1/21-3/13
2019:
”15th Annual Art Competition” Studio 18 in the Pines, Pembroke Pines, Fl.
“30th Season Preview” & “Home Exhibit” at ArtServe, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.
“Broward Art Guild 69th Anniversary Exhibit 19
“Nocturnal Views” at CGAF Gallery, DAEA, Coconut Grove, Fl.
“VMRC National Multimedia Show”, Virginia,
HONORABLE MENTION
“Tri County Biennial” Broward Art Guild, Fort Lauderdale, Fl, JUDGES RECOGNITION
“Continuum Juried Exhibit”, West Palm Beach, Fl.
“Business for the Arts Broward” Art Exhibition & Sale, Hollywood, Fl.
2018 & before:
“Prism” & “true colors” at artserve, Fort Lauderdale
“Selfies -all about me” MIU Art & Design, Miami, Fl.
“26th Annual All Florida” at Cultural Center, Stuart Fl.
“Landscapes a Sense of Place”, at Site, Brooklyn, New York
“58th Annual All Florida Exhibit”, Boca Raton Museum of Art
“October International at the Armory Center. ,
West Palm Beach, Fl.
“The 8th Annual Art Exhibit Ocean Bank,
HONORABLE MENTION
“Hollywood International Juried Print Exhibition” Art & Cultural Center, Hollywood, Fl.
“Splendor of the Bonnet House” on Las Olas, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.
“Electric Collection” l” Coral Springs Art Guild, JUDGES AWARD
“Inspirations 99” George Cornell Museum, Delray, Fl. -FIRST PRIZE PAINTING
“Rage of Angels” W.C.A., Bakehouse, Miami
“Art Reverberations” San Antonio College Galleries W.C.A. Koehler Cultural Center, Texas
“Weaving Women’s Colors: A Decade of Empowerment”, Emory University. Atlanta, Georgia,1986 –
“Design Show 88” at the DOCTA
“Female Face” & Form & “Cup Show” at Carefully Chosen Gallery, Lincoln Road, Miami
‘Biennial Exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum & Art Center, Coral Gables, Fl.
“Weaving Woman’s Colors” Emory University, Georgia
“Royal Poinciana Festival” at the Miami Herald, HONORABLE MENTION
“Southern Exposure” at the Historical Museum, Miami
“Greater Hollywood Creates” Hollywood Art Guild- FIRST PRIZE PAINTING
Education:
B.A. in Art & Special Education: Edinboro and Kean University – 1972 graduate – N.J. & Fl. Cert. Art Therapy Internship Essex County
Hospital N.J. – 1975 Graduate Program FIU Art Education-until 1998
Career:
Miami Dade Public Schools Art (and Special Ed.) 1999-2017
South Florida State Hospital Rehab/Art Therapist 1985-1999
Community Involvement:
“Business for the Arts” Broward County Art exhibit & Sale-Channel Two Fine Art and Antique Auction
“Wines of the World” Auction to Benefit Symphony of the Americas
Channel 17 interview with patients about the First Art Show at South Florida State Hospital