Artist Statement

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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.

 

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.