Bio
Since 1975, my paintings have been featured in juried shows at art centers, museums, and galleries. In those early years, I also taught high school, worked for several arts organizations, and served as an educational consultant for the GED. It wasn’t until I turned fifty that I began painting full-time and developed the style that characterizes my work today.
In Fall 2019 paintings from my Relationship series were displayed as part of a two-woman show at Factory Mark Gallery in Framingham, MA.
I published my first piece of creative nonfiction in 1991. After moving to Vermont, I focused more on writing and now have more than twenty pieces published in literary quarterlies and small magazines. In 2020, my short film Hunting Arrowsheads with My Father was featured in the Wisconsin Film Festival and the Weyauwega International Film Festival.
Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1970–1974, double major in Art and English
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, 1980–1982, studied drawing with Stanley Lewis
The Places I’ve Lived
My school days were spent in Horicon, Wisconsin. The Rock River was my playground. The Horicon Marsh, my first landscape, remains a special place in my heart.
Boston, Massachusetts. Nineteen years of painting, painting, painting and access to so many great cultural opportunities in Boston and NYC. We moved to Vermont on the day after Christmas 2016. I love it here. In the photo, I’ve just reached my 2021 pandemic goal of walking 500 miles in 4 months.