About Me Painting has occupied my life since I left a corporate career and coordinated a consulting business with art. Art eventually took over. I started with drawing and found I needed more involvement with color. Watercolor came first and then acrylic too. A Mass Art (Massachusetts College of Art) course in mixed media really centered my art thinking combining all of the above and more. My life today is absorbed in art. I have had the opportunity of spending time on North Haven Island, Maine, since 2002. North Haven Island is 12 miles off the coast of Maine, in Penobscott Bay, with 380 year round residents. The population can increase significantly in July and August when families with seasonal homes arrive. A Maine State ferry runs three times a day from Rockland. North Haven is one of the most natural and pristine places I have visited. It has had a major influence on my art. Its beauty, peace and naturalness…the desire to preserve this for the next generation…the acknowledgment of how wasteful our society is compared to the simple life here. All this speaks to my art. Even when I paint a beautiful landscape the thought that it is threatened is present. |
Juried Shows New England Watercolor Society, New England Regional Juried Exhibition, September 2009-January 2010, Duxbury Art Complex, Flags, juror: Frank Federico Cooperstown (NY) Art Association 73rd Annual National, July 19-August 22, 2008, Conversations, jurors: Cornelia Seckel, Raymond Steiner, Art Times, publisher, art critic Taos National Society of Watercolorists’ 11th National Exhibit of American Watercolor, Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, New Mexico, August 11-Sepember 9, 2007, Red Shoelaces; juror: Betsy Dillard Stroud, New England Watercolor Society 10th Biennial North American Open Show, Gloucester Art Association, October 2006, Ranchos de Taos Church, #6, juror: Frank Webb Concord Art Association: Photography, Drawing, Crafts & Graphics Members Juried II Exhibition, February 2005, Marathon Monday, juror: Leslie Brown, Photographic Resource Center, Curator Concord Art Association: Painting & Sculpture, Members Juried I Exhibition, January 2005, Spring 2003: Gathering War Clouds, juror: Larry Powers, Powers Gallery, Acton DeCordova Museum School Drawing Show, Spring 2003, Dancing Fingers DeCordova Museum School Watercolor Show, August 2002, Autumn Solo Shows Winchester Public Library, Juried Solo Show, March 2011, Islands Threatened Winchester Public Library, Juried Solo Show, May 2004, The Moods of New England Awards Wilmington Council for the Arts, 26th Annual Art Exhibition, June, 2006, Ranchos de Taos Church, #5, First Prize in Watercolor Wilmington Council for the Arts, 23rd Annual Art Exhibition, June 2003, Dancing Fingers, Third Prize in Drawing Select Other Shows Concord Art Association Auction: "Paint the Town", May 2010, Pumpkin Island Light Winchester Artists’ Network Spring Show, Winchester Public Library, April 2010, Spring has Sprung, Wilmington Council for the Arts, 29th Annual Art Exhibition, June 2009, Early Evening, Maine; Fishing Village, Maine Concord Art Association Auction: Paint the Town, May 2009; Autumn in Concord Winchester Artists’ Network Spring Show, Winchester Public Library, April 2009, Flags Next Door Theater, Winchester, MA April, 2009, Conversations Art in August 2008, Winchester, MA, Spirited Gourmet, Invasion #1-6 Wilmington Council for the Arts, 28th Annual Art Exhibition, June 2008, Conversations; Flags Winchester Artists’ Network Sanborn House Show, May 2008, Stormy Sky Winchester Friends of Art Auction, Sanborn House, May 2008, Maine House Concord Art Association Auction: Paint the Town, May 2008, Spring Winchester Artists’ Network Spring Art Show, Winchester Public Library, March 2008, Invasion: Ocean #1, #2 Concord Art Association Auction: Paint the Town, May 2007, Stormy Sky Art in August 2007, Winchester, MA, Fresh Touch Dry Cleaners, Clouds in Motion, Still life: Pitcher and Bowl, Stormy Sky, Foggy Evening Wilmington Council for the Arts, 27th Annual Art Exhibition, June 2007, Clouds in Motion, Bowl, Pitcher with Radishes Winchester Artists’ Network Spring Show, Winchester Library, March 2007 Clouds in Motion Art in August 2006, Winchester, MA, Carlson Real Estate, Ranchos de Taos Church #3, Ranchos de Taos Church #5 Concord Art Association Auction: Paint the Town, May 2006, Sunset, Maine Islands Reading Art Association Spring Art Exhibit and Sale, Reading, MA, May 2006, 4th of July, Stormy Sky Winchester Artists’ Network Spring Show, Winchester Public Library, April 2006, 4th of July 66th Annual North Haven Art Show, North Haven, ME, August 2005, Setting Sun, Maine, Lone Dinghy, Maine Art in August 2005, Winchester, MA, Curves, Portland Head Light #1, #2, #3, Monday Morning, Maine, Stormy Sky #1 Wilmington Council for the Arts, 25th Annual Art Exhibition, June 2005, Stormy Sky #1, Morning Shadows Winchester Artists’ Network Spring Show, Winchester Public Library, April 2005, A Stormy Sky, Art in August 2004, Winchester, MA, Morning Shadows, Maine; Summer on Penobscot Bay, Maine; Setting Sun, Acadia, Maine Wilmington Council for the Arts, 24th Annual Art Exhibition, June 2004, Spring Flowers, 2003; Connections: Treasuring Nature Winchester Artists’ Network Spring Show, Winchester Public Library, May 2004, A Summer Day, Maine Winchester Artists’ Network Spring Show, Winchester Public Library, May 2003, Dancing Fingers Art in August 2002, Winchester, MA, Gulls, Lighthouse, Shells Winchester Artists’ Network Spring Show, Winchester Public Library, May 2002, Sunset Remembered Teaching A Digital Workshop for Artists: Digitizing and Publishing Your Art, 2004, 2005, Winchester Artists Network Education Massachusetts College of Art DeCordova Museum Concord Art Association Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester University of Rochester |