Artists Statement

My work is created out of a need to express myself without words using diverse techniques in water media ranging from abstract to extreme realism.

Portraits let me get to know the subject intimately as I translate my feelings about people into art. I create landscapes and still life paintings to capture my emotions of a given subject in a way that excites or soothes the viewer, using two dimensions, as I was excited or soothed seeing the "real thing."

I have begun creating manipulative artwork, “ManipulArt," to give the viewer more than one way to view a painting. ManipulArt paintings can be arranged and rearranged in a multitude of ways creating different views and in some cases, different scenes. This entices the viewer to change the art as they change their mood. These paintings start with a theme or color scheme that "finds itself" on the canvas. The 'viewer' becomes 'the artist' as they manipulate the paintings.

Art Education

1969 – 1971 Commercial Art - Rocky Mountain School of Art, Denver, CO

Workshops with:

• Frank Webb, A.W.S.
• Carlton Plummer, A.W.S.
• Carl Schmaltz, A.W.S.
• Susan Spencer
• Marilyn Hughey Phillis, A.W.S.
• Barbara Nechis, A.W.S.
• J. Everett Draper, A.W.S.
• Phyllis Rutigliano, A.W.S.
• Pat San Souci, A.W.S.

Solo Exhibitions

• 1990 Fayetteville Library - Fayetteville, New York
• 1995 Oneida Savings Bank - Cazenovia, New York
• 1996 Oneida Savings Bank - Cazenovia, New York
• 1996 Oneida Savings Bank - Cazenovia, New York
• 1997 Newland Mansion - Boulder, Colorado
• 1998 Newland Mansion - Boulder, Colorado
           East Boulder Recreation Center - Boulder, Colorado
           Table Mesa Library - Boulder, Colorado

Group Exhibitions

• 1994 Women's Hall of Fame Annual Jury Show - Seneca Falls, New York
• 1995 Central New York Watercolor Society Show - Little Falls, New York
           Television/Auction Jury Show - Syracuse, New York
• 1996 Cazenovia Watercolor Society Show at the Chapman Gallery
           Cazenovia, New York
• 1997 Boulder Art Association Annual Show - Boulder, Colorado
           Open Studios Tour - Boulder, Colorado
• 1998 Boulder Art Association National Jury Show - Boulder, Colorado
• 1999 Open Studios Tour - Boulder, Colorado
           Boulder Art Association Annual Show - Boulder, Colorado
• 2000 Boulder Art Association Annual Show - Boulder, Colorado
           Open Studios Tour - Boulder, Colorado
           Golden Fine Art Festival, Golden, Colorado
• 2001 Boulder Fine Art Festival
           Open Studios Tour, Boulder, Colorado
• 2002 Christmas Bazaar at the Academy Boulder, Colorado
• 2004 Open Studios Tour - Boulder, Colorado
• 2007 St. John’s Episcopal Church Gallery - Boulder, Colorado

Related Experience

• 1971 - 1984 Freelance Commercial Artist - Denver, Colorado and Syracuse, New York
• 1985 - 1993 Art Teacher, Theatre Arts Teacher, Commercial Artist, Director of Musicals and Head of Set Production Manlius Pebble Hill School - Dewitt, New York
• 1994 - 1996 Owned a studio and gallery in Manlius, New York where I produced, showed and sold watercolors and portraits and taught watercolor and drawing classes to children and adults.
• 1996 - Present - I have a studio in my home where I create, show and sell watercolors and portraits and teach watercolor and drawing classes to children and adults

Representation

• Village Pottery and Gallery - Healdsburg, California
• Lavender Blue - Cazenovia, NY

Professional Associations

• 1996, 1997 - Member Boulder Art Association
• 1998 - Program Chairmen and Vice President of Boulder Art Association
             Boulder, Colorado
• 1999, 2000 - President of Boulder Art Association - Boulder, Colorado
• 2003 - 2007 - Member San Diego Watercolor Society
• 2007 - Member Foothills Art Center Golden, Colorado
• 2007 - Member Colorado Watercolor Society
• 2007 - Artist Member Steamboat Springs Arts Council