Born 1958 Honolulu, Hawaii
EDUCATION
Connecticut College, New London, CT
Graduated B.A. 1980, Major in Studio Art
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Exploring the Visual Arts Program, Summer 1974
Swarthmore High School, Swarthmore, PA Graduated 1976
EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
2012 and Onward – Yearly Solo and Group Shows at
The Granary Gallery – Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Sugarman Peterson Gallery – Santa Fe, NM
1261 Gallery – Denver, CO
EVOKE Contemporary Gallery Decadence, Santa Fe, NM, July 2011
1261 Gallery Group Show, Denver, CO July, October, November, December 2011
Granary Gallery Group Show, Martha’s Vineyard, MA July 2011
1261 Gallery Group Show, Denver, CO October, December 2010
Granary Gallery Group Show, Martha’s Vineyard, MA July 2010
Granary Gallery Group Show, Martha’s Vineyard, MA July 2009
Fort Wayne Museum of Art Contemporary American Realism: 2008 Biennial – Ft. Wayne IN, September 13 – November 2, 2008
Granary Gallery Group Show, Martha’s Vineyard, MA July 2008
Jenkins Johnson Gallery Celebrating Summer, SF Gallery July -August 2007
Granary Gallery Group Show, Martha’s Vineyard, MA July 2007
Jenkins Johnson Gallery Representation 2007 Work selected for both the NYC and SF Galleries June 2007
Granary Gallery Group Show, Martha’s Vineyard, MA July 2006
Granary Gallery Solo Show “The Teacup Series”, Martha’s Vineyard, MA December 2005
International Artist Magazine Competition Finalist “Garden Tea” Fall 2005
Artist’s Magazine Annual Art Competition
Second Place Winner in Still Life “Where There’s Smoke” August 2005
Finalist Still Life “I’ll leave the light on”
Selected for publication in Annual Calendar “Ill leave the light on”
Granary Gallery Group Show, Martha’s Vineyard, MA July 2005
The Butler Institute of American Art 69th Midyear Juried Exhibition, Youngstown, Ohio July – August 2005
Art of the State Juried Exhibition State Museum of Pennsylvania June – September 2005
Women in the Arts The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio December 2004 – January 2005
Award for “The Folder”
Granary Gallery Solo Show “The Teacup Series”, Martha’s Vineyard, MA December 2004
Artist’s Magazine Annual Art Competition Finalist in Still Life “Scandal” August 2004
Granary Gallery Group Show, Martha’s Vineyard, MA July 2004
Contemporary Realism: Fraser Gallery Group Show, Bethesda, MD April 2004
F.A.N. Gallery Group Show, Philadelphia, PA March 2004
Granary Gallery Group Show, Martha’s Vineyard, MA August 2003
7th Annual Georgetown International Art Competition Fraser Gallery Washington, DC July 2003
F.A.N. Gallery Solo Show, Philadelphia, PA July 2003
F.A.N. Gallery Group Show, Philadelphia, PA September 2002
Granary Gallery Group Show, Martha’s Vineyard, MA August 2002
Artist’s Magazine Annual Art Competition Finalist in Still Life “A Dissembling Breeze” August 2002
“Vernissage: A One Woman Show” The Framer’s Gallery, York, PA October 2001
Art of the State Juried Exhibition State Museum of Pennsylvania June-September 2001
Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery Lebanon Valley College, Spring Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Lebanon PA 2001
Second Place in Show “The Folder”
York Arts Small Works Exhibit York Arts Gallery, York PA Dec. ’99-Jan. 2000
York Art Association 29th Annual Open Juried Exhibition York PA 1999
Winsor Newton Award for Artistic Excellence
Elizabethtown College Annual Juried Spring Show Elizabethtown PA 1999
York Art Association 28th Annual Open Juried Exhibition York PA 1998
Best of Show | First Place in Acrylic | First Place in Graphics and other Media
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS 1999-April 2000 Whittaker Art Center, Harrisburg PA.
Commissioned by portrait artist Tina Reiley Phillips to design initial sketch and panel projection for 8’x20’ painting of theater patrons (for Theater Harrisburg) in the fall of ‘98, then worked over the winter and early spring of ‘99-2000 as her painting assistant.
Painting was unveiled 2 April 2000 and is now on permanent display in the lobby of the Whittaker Center for Science and the Arts in downtown Harrisburg Pennsylvania.