About the Artist

My interest in art began as far back as I can remember, spending hours watching my mother paint in her studio. It was a natural part of my day to head for school in the morning and to return in the afternoon to see something new and exciting having emerged on what had been a white canvas only that morning.

After a degree in Design at George Washington University, my professional journey in art began with watercolor and in later years continued in oil. My interest in landscape painting is a natural evolution of my love of the water, which began from my childhood spent on Michigan lakes in and around boats, summers with my husband and children on the Severn River in Annapolis, and family holidays on Lake Champlain in Vermont. In recent years those memories  resurfaced while living on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Having spent winters in the Sarasota area and now currently living in Sarasota, Florida I am enjoying the experience of sandy beaches, aqua water and  a new and different quality of light.

My love of painting and the outdoors naturally led me to paint “En Plein Air” across the United States, Canada and France.  The sense of light and atmosphere draw me to all subject matter, whether it is a flower in a garden or a figure in the landscape. The impact of light is so varied and changing, one can find sources of inspiration for a lifetime.

Group Exhibitions: 

January, February, 2020 One Person Show at the Bird Key Yacht Club, Sarasota , Florida

March, 2014,2015, 2016,2017,2019, 2020 Arts in the Park, University Park, Florida

December, 2009, 2010, Peninsula Gallery, Small Jewels, Lewes, Delaware

March, 2009, Peninsula Gallery, New Member Show, Lewes, Delaware

November, 2007, Working Artist Forum, Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland

March, 2005, Plein Air Painter’s of the Eastern Shore, Coffee East, Easton, Maryland

April, 2001, Junior League of Washington Headquarters, Georgetown, Washington DC

May 2000-2003, 2007-2008, Oxford Invitational Arts Fair, Oxford Maryland

March 2000, Spectrum Gallery, Georgetown, Washington, DC

April 1999,The Artist’s Museum, Washington DC

May 1998-Gallery B.A.I., New York, New York (Soho)

 
Selected Juried Exhibitions and Awards:

 March, 2020 ,Art Center, Punta Gorda, Florida

  Biannual National Exhibit

 March, 2015, Arts in the Park, University Park, Florida

  *Honorable Mention,  "Dusk Walk"
  July 10-August 15, 2014, Florida Flavor, Art Center of Sarasota,            
 *Special Recognition Award, "Evening Glow"    
 March 6-8, 2014, Light Chasers Paint Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida            
  *3rd Place Award "In and Out"    
 July, 2011, Coos Art Museum, 18th Annual Maritime Art Exhibit      
 July, 2010, Plein-Aire Easton, Easton, Maryland      
 September, 2008, Paint Annapolis, Plein Air Competition, Annapolis, Maryland      
 June, 2008, St. Michaels Art League Show, St. Michaels, Maryland
  *2nd Prize, Oil Landscape      
 November, 2007, Kent Island Art Association, Kent Island, Maryland
  *1st Prize, Oil Landscape
  *Best in Show
 April, 2007, 2008,Wayne Art Center Plein Air Competition, Wayne, Pennsylvania 

 September, 2007, Maryland Federation of Art, American Landscape Show, Annapolis, Md.
 Juror: George Gurney, Deputy Curator American Art Museum

 September, 2006, 2007, Gilcrease Museum, American Art in  Miniature
 April, 2005, 2006, Adkins Arboretum, Ridgeley, Maryland
 July, 2005-2006, Annual Maritime Art Exhibit, Coos Art Museum, Coos  Bay, Oregon
 July, 2005,2006, Plein Air-Easton, The Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland
 September, 2005, Alder Gallery La Petite XIII, Alder Gallery, Coburg, Oregon
 May 7, 2004, Save the Bay Benefit Show for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation
 Gallery on Merchants Square, Williamsburg, Virginia
*April, 2000, Southern Watercolor Society, 23rd Annual Exhibition, Houston, Texas
 Juror: Ernest J. Velardi, Professor Emeritus, California State University.
*November 1999, Small Works Membership Show
 Juror: Connie Woolard
 2nd prize  and Honorable Mention
*October 1999, All Media Membership Show, Art League, Torpedo Factory
 Juror: Jack Perlmutter, Professor Emeritus of Fine Art, Corcoran   Gallery, Washington, DC
*January 1999, All Media Membership Show, Art League, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Va
 Juror: Carlton Fletcher, Washington Studio School Faculty, Washington, DC
*November,1998, The Miniature Show, Art League, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Va
*August, 1998, American Landscape Show, Art League, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Va
 Juror: Elizabeth Rathbone, Chief Curator, The Phillips Gallery 

Publications:
 100 Plein Air Painters of the Mid-Atlantic               

2014 Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, Pennsylvania

The Collected Best of Watercolor               

2002 Rockport Publishers, Gloucester, Massachusetts     

The Best of Watercolor: Vol. 3               

1999 Rockport Publishers, Rockport, Massachusetts     

Watercolor: Planning and Painting               

1998-Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New York, New York     

The Best of Watercolor: Color               

1997-Rockport Publishers, Rockport, Massachusetts                       

The Best of Watercolor               

1995-Rockport Publishers, Rockport, Massachusetts     

American Bar Association Litigation Program               

1993-Cover Design, Litigation Section Meeting, Washington, DC