I am a visual artist. Mostly I make larger scale paintings, but at other times I assemble painted sculptural constructions from repurposed artifacts, layer mixed media collages, or create installations.The imagery in my work is largely abstract. Nevertheless, the work reveals a narrative reflecting my life. I sometimes describe it as divining my “innerscapes” as I move through the “outerscapes” of my world. I am also a teacher. I taught art in middle and high school for over 30 years. I have also taught graduate classes to art teachers, working with them towards reconnecting with their own creative process.Through teaching, I became involved in interdisciplinary collaborations, as well as projects focused on specific subjects. I have collaborated with others in creating projects about subjects as diverse as Elizabethan times, Bats, and African American Migration from south to north.Early on in my time in North Adams I was a participant in a collaborative project called "The Mill Children". Here I worked with a group of artists from a variety of disciplines in revisiting the world of child laborers at the Eclipse Mill through the Lens of the early 19th century photographs of Lewis Hine.More recently I became involved in a daily, calendar based, documentation of my life throughout the Trump presidency. Each day for over 4 years, I created a 6”x 6” collaged piece describing what struck me as most important about the day, be it personal or political. Whether approaching a blank canvas, or exploring a new direction, I prefer to follow my intuition and my heart, never knowing where the process will lead me until I am immersed in it. At this time in my life, I am looking to make art, to exhibit my art, to sell my art, to cultivate creative process through residencies or classes, or to participate with others in collaborative creative adventures. I would love to become involved as an artist in community centered projects. My heart is open to a wide range of paths to follow on this journey.
