About

I am a retired nurse who became a full time artist in 2010. Being a painter keeps my feet off the ground and my head in the clouds.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My art is a visual expression of emotion using acrylic paint and mixed media. My paintings are abstract and come from my creative center. I mostly follow the paint as shapes and colors unfold using multiple layers until the work feels finished.

ARTIST RESUME

SELECTED PAINTING EXHIBITIONS 2020 - 2024
Old Sculpin Gallery, Edgartown, MA
Individual annual exhibition and specialty juried shows; 2020
Featherstone Center for the Arts, Oak Bluffs, MA
Themed juried and invited shows 4-5 times a year through 2020.
Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club; West Tisbury, MA
“Blooming Art”; Invited annual show; 4 years through 2020
Assemblage Gallery; Boston, MA
“Small Works” 20 artist gallery and virtual show, 2021
Western Avenue Studios; Lowell, MA
“ROE vs WADE Overturned: Artists Respond”; Juried Show; 2022
“Collage Challenge,” “Stored away,” Juried Shows; 2023
Arts League of Lowell; Lowell, MA
“Here We Are/Faces of Creativity”; Invited Show; 2023
Merrimack Repertory Theater Lobby Gallery - Lowell, MA Juried Shows, Spring and Fall, 2023.
Art Center - Backstage Gallery; Dover, NH
“Small Works,” Juried show; 2023
North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester, MA
Exhibit New England ’23, Juried show; 2023, Juried exhibitions April and August, 2024.
Fenway Gallery - Boston, MA.
"Women Artists in Action," Juried show, August, 2024.
EDUCATION
Wayne State University; Detroit, MI; Art Major; 1966-1967 (changed major to Nursing and received PhD in Nursing from University of Michigan in 1994)
Art2Life Academy and graduate of Art2Life Creative Visionary Program, 2023 and 2024
MEMBERSHIPS
North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester, MA (Juried member since 2023)
Loading Dock Gallery, Western Avenue Studios, Lowell, MA (Juried member since 2024)
Whistler Museum of Art, Lowell, MA since 2023
Concord Art Association, Concord, MA since 2024