Spring 2014 Instructor for SHAPE Plein Air courseįebruary 2014 Volonteer artist at ArtFest Art Auction, June 2014 SHAPE Summer Solstice Art FestivalĪpril 2014 "Finding Everyday Beauty" Art show with fellow artsit Vita Hoover, SHAPE, Shippensburg, Pa. November 2014 - February 2015 "Small Wonders" Group Show. Council of the Arts, Chambersburg, Pa.Īugust 2014 Participant, Shippensburg Corn Festival (Local Craft Festival)Īugust 2014 Figure Drawing Workshop at Studio Incamminiati, with Robert Liberace I've met many people interested in art, and will continue to work as a local artist. I read art books and magazines often, and simply try to improve my craft and visual language. As art is often a solitary activity, I've found support, inspiration and friendship in these groups. I joined the Franklin County Art Alliance in Chambersburg, Pa., and I'm a member of SHAPE (Shippensburg Arts Programming and Education). When the youngest was 10, it was safe to start drawing again. Marriage resulted in 3 boys, and more practical problems with "painting" were discovered. We moved from New Jersey to Shippensburg, Pennsylvania in 1991. After some temp jobs, (photo retouching and pasting-up grocery store ads), I was hired by Prentice-Hall as a Book Production Artist, I worked in book publishing for 8 years until I married my husband Ed in 1984.
Upon graduation, the practical problems of a degree in "painting" became obvious, and I took a commercial art course in paste-up at the School of Visual Arts in NY. Of course I took art in high school, and then chose art as my major in college. My interest was fostered by paint-by-number oil sets, watercolors, and art lessons when I was 12. My Mom remembers me going through much scrap paper, the first identifiable image produced by all of this activity was a bird. The influence of all of these wonderful teachers can be seen in my work.Ĭountry of Orphans is currently with Brandt and Hochman Literary Agents, Inc. From Roger Rosenblatt I discovered the excitement of creativity without boundaries. I studied poetry with Julie Sheehan, feature writing with Andrew Botsford, and Screen Writing with Annette Handley Chandler. Studying with Ursula Hegi, I lived in Florence and immersed myself into a long tradition of talented writers. From Robert Ginna, travel writing as literature. Each instructor inspired my craft, and with their help, my literary toolbox grew.įrom Jules Feiffer I learned the art of humor writing. While at Stony Brook Southampton, I had the advantage of studying with many talented writers. Patricia McCormick and Anna Orchard became my readers. That trip changed my life.Įmma Walton Hamilton, my Children's Literature instructor, showed me the power of Y/A fiction. Emma became my thesis advisor. At the time, it was the poorest country on the globe. I worked at an orphanage located in the mountains, east of the capitol of Bujumbura. Prior to beginning my MFA, I traveled to Burundi, Africa. I received my MFA in Creative Writing and Literature from Stony Brook University in 2013. Pricing depends on size and shipping location.
If an original painting has been sold, reproductions are available on aluminum. I hope you can feel the beauty of my paintings. But what I love most is to paint unexpected beauty. It is the way for the philosopher in me to express my feelings about the beauty I see. Beauty, of course, is found in the shimmering snowfields of a mountain or in a petal of a rose. Paton would encourage me to, “Crawl out on the end of the limb… then to jump off.” Paton is my Yoda.Īrt for me is neither a career nor a hobby.
It was Paton Miller who gave me the permission to experiment and break free through art.
It was Henry Stinson who taught me how to find and paint the rich and vibrant colors in life. With symbols and visual metaphors, my paintings become stories. I studied iconography and medieval art in graduate school at Duke University. Painting Still Life with Jeff Legg, Robert Johnson and Cary Jurriaans taught me the magic of creating beautiful art from simple objects. I especially love the connection between me as an artist and the models I paint. With Henry Stinson, Dan Thompson, Michele Rushworth, Tenaya Sims, Ned Mueller and Robert Liberace, I fell in love with figure painting. I have found no better way to be one with nature than to paint it. From these wonderful instructors I have merged many styles of painting to form my own unique, eclectic style.įrom Ned Mueller, John Budicin, George Strickland, Stan Miller and Jim Lamb, I learned how to capture light and color quickly, and create artistic compositions from any outdoor landscape. I have had the benefit of studying painting with incredible artists.