“In the studio, I surround myself with canvases of all sizes.  I put mounds of paint on my big glass palette, pick up a painting knife and create seemingly random, textured surfaces on the canvas.  The layers and layers of paint become the foundation for the painting’s background.  Next comes opaque color; under layers of paint “peek through”, suggesting something hidden and offering depth and visual interest.  The shapes inspire the subject; they always become the painting that they are supposed to become.  I paint what I love: adult beverages, the musical instruments of jazz, strong coffee.  I paint in a bold impressionistic style.   I love thick, juicy paint, loose shapes, the smell of the studio.  I paint because it fills me with a sense of wellbeing, of belonging, of total “be in the moment” consciousness.  I am never closer to myself than at those moments.”

Shows/Exhibitions

Provincetown Invitational Exhibition: Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA 2007 - 2010

Invitational artist: Provincetown Art Association and Museum gala, 2008-2010

Members shows: Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA, 2005-2011

Member’s show: Castle Hill Center for the Arts in Truro, MA 2007, 2008

Featured artist: Lyman-Eyer Gallery, Provincetown, MA, 2007, 2008

Women artists’ show: Lyman-Eyer Gallery, Provincetown, MA, 2007, 2008

Solo exhibition: James Beard Foundation Greenhouse Gallery, New York, NY. 2006

Solo exhibition: French Culinary Institute, New York, NY 2006

Memberships/ Professional Affiliations

Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Castle Hill Center for the Arts, Truro, MA

Crealde Art Institute, Winter Park, FL