Photo Credit: Michael Axelrod / circa 1969
Born and raised in a tiny suburb of NYC, I grew up a quirky, shy, pencil-thin young girl…
“Spending my days filled with torn, discarded and reassembled creations taught me to trust my curiosity and inner muse at an early age. Full circle, my favorite childhood pastime remains a trademark of the work I produce today.
40+ years as fine artist and arts educator fondly brings back memories of my Dad’s love of craft, his work ethic, and how these qualities inspired my own choice of career. I discovered a great satisfaction in facilitating emotionally stable and safe classroom environments for young creatives.
Attending Syracuse University to complete an MFA with honors in 1984 led to my relocation in the Hudson Valley. Career highlights have included the receipt of: a National Endowment for the Humanities grant, 2 summer printmaking fellowships at Skidmore College, with additional studies conducted in Florence, Italy and Santa Fe, NM. Select awards have been received from the Palm Spring Art Museum and NAWA (National Association of Women Artists), along with recognition in the Smithsonian Institute Archives of American Art for greeting card design. (Thank you, Jim Mullen!) Known widely in prior years for my unique and meticulous approach to the etching process, I have exhibited in juried competitions nationally as well as in galleries of the Mid-Hudson and Metropolitan area.”
Further details may be found here: CURRICULUM VITAE
Beyond impermanence: finding beauty in the vulnerability and resilience of human spirit…
“My current work draws attention to those moments in life where both chaos and order seem able to co-exist and cooperate. I particularly enjoy exploring the delicate balance between complexity and ambiguity, and love creating intricate spatial environments where apparent randomness and disorder suggest an organization happening on a different dimensional level.
Through obsessive layering, decomposing, and fragmenting, my integration of organic and inorganic form plays a significant role in my visual vocabulary and reconstructive approach. And as an emotional, spiritual and physical vehicle, this process offers me clarity along with the subtle invitation to trust, allow, and surrender to the unexpected and the invisible, in-between places.
Come join me in an open-ended journey of both personal and universal introspection and change.”
