ABOUT THE ARTIST
I love color. I enjoy cutting paper and fabric and repositioning the pieces to create quilts and collages. I am influenced by Matisse, Milton Avery, Romare Bearden and Faith Ringgold.
From an early age, I knew I wanted to leave my small town in Connecticut and see as much of the world as possible. Since then I have traveled around the world and lived in France, Italy and Mexico. My favorite subject activity is recording my environment.
As an Urban Sketcher I draw and paint my surroundings and have published three books on my travel sketches and watercolors.
I enjoy combining my interests in collage with my studies of art history, fashion, and sewing.
GRANTS & AWARDS
Beyond Boundaries 1997,
Juried by Wayne Thiebaud, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA. Received Honorary Mention Award
EXHIBITIONS & FESTIVALS: COLLAGES
2023
DRI: M/2021 Space Q Sound & Vision
CCSF Virtual Art Gallery
Diego Rivera Art Project
2021
San Francisco Women Artist Gallery
Collage & Mixed Media
“Adam & Eve - Temptation of Bacon"
2020
On the Edge at de Young Museum of Art:
"Zoom Meeting"
Collage, 18 x 24"
de Young Newsletters:
"View Out My Window"
Collage, 11 x 14"
"Aerial View"
Collage, 11 x 14"
"Dream Landscape"
Collage, 11 x 14"
"City Hall"
Collage, 11 x 14"
PandemicPortrait.com:
"Don't Touch Your Face"
Collage, 14 x 17"
Let's Face It at Museum of Craft & Design: Sequined Mask
2019
SF Open Studio
EXHIBITIONS & FESTIVALS: WATERCOLORS & MONOPRINTS
1997
Annual Watercolor Show, Juried by Kay Russell & Ann Switzer, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1996
Museum West, SF, CA
Perceptions of the Earth & Sky, 1870 Gallery, Belmont, CA
1992 - 1995
Open Studio, SOMAR Gallery, SF, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2023
Not Just Paris: Scenes From France, Author & Illustrator
2021
Artists of the San Francisco Bay
2019
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon, Illustration
2015
Travels With a Sketchbook, Author & Illustrator
2014
My Sketchbook of San Miguel de Allende, Author & Illustrator
EXHIBITIONS & FESTIVALS: QUILTS
1998
Galerie Periwinkle, Mill Valley, CA
All Creatures Great & Small, Juried by Barbara Banthien, Lochi Poutiattine, Karen Sin, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1996
Nothing Serious, Juried by Phil Frank, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley
EXHIBITIONS & FESTIVALS: VISCOSITY MONOPRINTS
1999
Arts on Fire, Juried by Marian Parmenter, The Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
43rd Annual International Exhibition, Juried by Howard Fox, Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
1998
Waterworks, Juried by Lucy Arnold, Don Jower, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Dreams & Visions, Juried by Susan St. Thomas & Juliet Wood, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1997
Pacific Edge Print Exhibition, Juried by Karl Kasten, Mendocino Art Center
West Coast Works on/of Paper 97, Ink People Center for the Arts, Eureka, CA
1996
ArtWorks9, 35th Biennial Juried Exhibition, Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA