About Me and Art
My life changed the year my fifth grade public school teacher opened the a door into the world of art and art making. From that moment on I was hooked. Making art myself and sharing the love I have for the process of creating with others has filled my life with joy, pleasure and hope. Now able to work as a full time artist my desire is to share this joy and hope with you through my images.
My art today is created by using various media, bright colors and textures. Each piece is unique and comes from an unknown place within me. Rarely do I begin with a plan or idea. It is the materials I am drawn to that elicit what will be created.
For instance, the scribble drawings emerge from a simple scribble around the paper. Others happen as various materials are shuffled around each other and given time to find their home on the paper. My drawings and watercolors are more illustrative. They love to tell stories and come from a time where I sought to work as a children’s book illustrator.
Although there have been some awards and accolades along the way, though exciting, they fall short of the joy I receive if someone chooses to add one of my pieces to their own collection or send it on a card to a friend with their own personal message.
When this happens I feel as if our souls have touched and I am grateful.
EDUCATION
1995 - Masters of Arts in Art Therapy from Ursuline College. Pepper Pike, Ohio
1976 - Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan - Bachelors of Science in Art and Design with an Education Curriculum
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Alfred University, Alfred, New York - Papermaking
Glen Arbor Art Center, Glen Arbor, Michigan - Collage
Crooked Tree Art Center, Traverse City, Michigan - Printmaking
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio - Printmaking, Drawing, Making Your Art into a Business
Boston School For The Arts, Boston, Maine - Children’s Book Illustration
Portland School For The Arts, Portland, Maine - Children’s Book Illustration
Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, Ohio - Photography and Drawing
Cranbrook, Birmingham, Michigan - Filmmaking and Film Apprentice
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Crooked Tree Art Center, Traverse City, MI, Guild Show
2023 Crooked Tree Art Center, Petosky, MI, Field of Vision Show, Juried Show, Summer Breeze, Third Place Award
2023 Oliver Art Center, Frankfort, MI, Juried Show, Little Red Cabin
2023 Oliver Art Center, Frankfort, MI, Member Show
2023 Glen Arbor Art Center, Glen Arbor, MI, Member Show
2022 Grosse Pointe News, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan - Made in Michigan Juried Show, Readers’ Choice Award
2022 Glen Art Art Center, Glen Arbor, Michigan - Exploring Paper Juried Show, Best of Show
2020 Erie Museum of Art, Erie, Pennsylvania - Annual Regional Juried Art Show
2019 Euclid Public Library, Euclid, Ohio - Euclid Art Association Annual Member Show, First Place Award
2018 Euclid Public Library, Euclid, Ohio - Solo Show, “A Scribble a Day Keeps the Doctor Away”
2018 Lakewood Public Library, Lakewood Ohio - Solo Show
2017 Tri-C Community College, Cleveland Ohio - Art Therapy Juried Show, “How Art Helps Us Cope”
2016 Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, Ohio - Art Therapy Juried Show
2015 Tri-C Community College, Cleveland Ohio - Art Therapy Juried Show, “Art and Healing”
2013 Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College Pepper Pike, Ohio - Art Therapy Juried Show
2011 Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, Ohio - Art Therapy Juried Show
2010 University Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, Employee and Volunteer Art Juried Show
2009 Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, Ohio - Art Therapy Juried Show
2008 University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio - Employee and Volunteer Art Juried Show
2006 Wasmer College, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, Ohio - Art Therapy Juried Show
2005 Tri-C Community College, Cleveland, Ohio - Art Therapy Juried Show, “Creativity and Healing”
2004, 2003, 2001 Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, Ohio - Art Therapy Alumni, Juried Shows
2003, 2002 Willoughby Fine Arts, Willoughby, Ohio - Faculty Show