Background
Born in Fall River, Massachusetts • June 20, 1952

During a brief encounter with higher education I majored in fine arts, then worked for more than 20 years in the graphic design, marketing, and publishing industries as a designer, consultant, and illustrator. Fourteen years ago I began working as a freelance designer and illustrator, and shortly thereafter started to paint, then to make monotypes. Eight years ago, I abandoned graphic design to focus on painting and print making. In June, I completed my first installation and public art project, 13,699.

Solo Exhibitions
2006 & 2004 - Anderson-Soule Gallery, Concord, NH
2003 - Sulloway & Hollis, Concord, NH

Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 - Downstream, Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH
2009 - Water: Mystery & Plight, Sharon Arts Exhibition Gallery, Peterborough, NH
2008 - Blanche Ames National Art Exhibition, North Easton, MA
2008 - The Secret Knowledge of Water, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
2008 - GALEX 42, National Juried Competition, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
2007 - Redmond Bennett Gallery, Left Bank Artists Group Exhibit, Dublin, NH
2007 - Essex Art Center, Annual Juried Show, Lawrence, MA
2007 - Alexandria Museum of Art 20th September Competition, Alexandria, LA
2007, 2002 & 1998 - Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery Biennial Competition, Keene, NH
2006 - Two Rivers Printmaking Studio: Momenta II, White River Junction, VT
2005 - NH Institute of Art Biennial, Manchester, NH
2004 - NH Printmaking, Sharon Arts Exhibition Gallery, Peterborough, NH
2003 - Gallery Victoria: Art Escapes, Naples, FL
2002 - The Assignment: Self-Portrait, Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH
2003 & 1998 - Fitchburg Art Museum Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, Fitchburg, MA

Curated Exhibitions
2009 - Downstream, Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, with Maureen Ahern, Director, Keene State College, Keene, NH           
2009 - Water: Mystery & Plight, Sharon Arts Exhibition Gallery, Peterborough, NH

Lectures & Programs
Art for Water, ongoing
Essex Art Center, Gallery Talk, November 2007
Truro Fine Art, Gallery Talk, July 2007
Sharon Arts Center, Left Bank Artists Group Gallery Talk, December 2006
Anderson-Soule Gallery, Demystifying the Monotype Print, October 2004
Western Massachusetts Women’s Caucus for Art “Artists Speak Series” The Creative Process, November 2002

Corporate Collections
Sulloway & Hollis, Concord, NH
Concord Hospital, Concord, NH
Nixon, Peabody, LLP, Boston, MA
Florida Cancer Specialists, Bonita Springs, FL
North Run Capital, Boston, MA

Awards
Anne Slade Frey Charitable Trust Grant, 2009 
Artist in Residence, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH 2009
NH Allstate Art Festival Mentor, Currier Art Museum, Manchester, NH  2009 & 2008
Artists Professional Toolbox Fellow, Boston, MA  2007
Clowes Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT  2003
Award of Distinction, Gallery Victoria, Naples, FL  2003

Represented by
Bevara, Ipswich, MA


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