Artist Statement
After many years as a decorative artisan working with designers and architects creating murals and fine finishes in homes and hospitals, my work is now once again focused on exploring fine art painting. This lifelong journey began with a purple crayon drawing in Kindergarten (no Purple Crayon book ensued). A fascination with portraying objects began, with an attempt to capture the color, light and expression that continues to this day.
Representational art evolved into mixed-media and encaustic work, and then back again to a study of classical technique and figurative art. At this point my work includes a combination of representation and abstraction, including the use of non-art materials and an effort to blur the line between the two.
A current fascination is the obsession with (our own) reflection -once the province of the ultra wealthy who could afford reflective accessories - and how that causes us to manipulate perceptions of our reflections via physical, mechanical, surgical methods and social media.
My goal is to share my lifelong love of art, color light and the ways in which our portrayals of these elements impact the quality of our daily lives via dissemination of access. Both my own work and the teaching and outreach I do are an effort to share art usually restricted to affluent patrons having leisure to purchase and enjoy it (portraits, murals) with a wider population.
Educational Background
Columbia Teachers College; NYC, Arts in Education - MA Program (current)
Ongoing Private Painting workshops; World-renowned artists, varied
Chelsea Classical Studios; Fine Art, Drawing and Painting
Art Students League of NY; Fine Art, Drawing and Painting
The Finishing School; Decorative Arts & Fine Art Mural Education
SUNY/Purchase; Fine Arts/Painting through Continuing Education
Hampshire College; Amherst, MA; BA In Politics of Childbirth/Women's Studies
Brown University/Rhode Island School of Design; Women's Studies/Fine Art; Providence, RI
Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY; Studio Art Preparation Program, Tarrytown, NY
