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About the Artist


                                     

 The generosity of nature is a recurrent theme in my work.  I am inspired to use elemental media—graphite and pigments to express the connectedness between the individual and nature. There is the sense, when using these simple materials, of a gifting and thankfulness in their very reconfiguration into visually rich works of art. In printmaking and drawing I enjoy the immediacy of the materials, their tactile nature and the meditative slowness of the process. There is a journey of discovery through the methodical building of image and  illusion, utilizing the lushness of copper plate and ink, paper and graphite.

     My current body of work is an exhaustive study of the dangerous beauty of Oriental Bittersweet, Celastrus orbicularis, an invasive species. These life size graphite drawings represent a melding of classical botanical presentation and figurative nuance, pushing the similarities of line, form and gesture that is most intriguing when one considers the possibilities for symbolism and narrative.

 

Selected Exhibitions

2009    Silver Circle Gallery, Holiday Exhibit

2009    University of Connecticut, Jorgenson Gallery, Connecticut Women Artists,

           80th Annual Open Juried Exhibition;

           Juror: Claudia Seymour; Artist, President Salmagundi Club

2009    Wellesley College Botanical Guild

2009    New England Society of Botanical Artists, Members Exhibit

2009    Wright State University, Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries,

           Drawing From Perception VI; Juror: Ruth Miller

2008    Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Alumni Exhibit; Juror: Randolph Melick            

2008    Pleiades Gallery; Juror: Joan Young, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, 

           Guggenheim Museum

2008    Viridian Artists; Juror: Elizabeth Sussman, Curator, Whitney Museum

2008    Silvermine Guild Arts Center; Juror: Thom Collins, Director, 

           Neuberger Museum of Art

2008    John Slade Ely House Center for Contemporary Art,

           Connecticut Women Artists 79th Annual Open Juried Exhibition

2008    Slater Museum

 

Awards

2008     Honorable Mention, Connecticut Women Artists, John Slade Ely House 

            Center for Contemporary Art


Professional Associations

            Society of Tempera Painters

            American Society of Botanical Artists

            New England Society of Botanical Artists

 


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