I was the kid who loved to draw and doodle in the margins of papers. I always asked for art supplies for my birthdays and Christmas gifts. I have a B.S. degree in education (not art...what was I thinking?) from a Massachusetts state college. I married and had a family.
In 1995, I went back to school, this time for art. To my delight, I loved it and did well. I studied at the University of Mary Washington from 1995-1999.
Painting people is my first choice, specifically, women and children. I paint with acrylic paint, but I also make art with inks, watercolor, collage, metal foils, and drawing pencils.
Art Awards and Exhibits
Frederick Women's Club Art show March 1995.
First Prize for drawing in the Novice category | Honorable Mention for Oil Painting in the Novice category.
Fredericksburg Women's Club Art show - March 2001
Honorable Mention in Oil Painting
Central Rappahanock Library
Porter Branch - July 1999
Headquarters Atrium - August 2000
Student Exhibits at University of Mary Washington - Spring 1995, 196, 1997, 1998 - Honorable Mention for Painting Spring 1999
"I have been a member of Art First Gallery Inc. since summer 2001. I have had three well received shows, one in May 2002, another in Sept 2004,and the third in Nov., 2006.
I enjoy seducing a viewer into my art work. Sometimes, I deliberately make pieces that are ambiguous. I painted a piece that was a Holstein cow on its belly rather like a sunbather at the beach. Others are all about pretty girls, with metal foil skin or hair.
I tell people that I am a woman of 'a certain age' but that I am a young artist."
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