Artist’s Statement
My art is inspired by everyday life experiences: light illuminating the lilies on the pond, a striking photo in the news, a certain facial expression, a dream or insight. When these visions, ideas, or desires unite with a possible technical solution, a new work gestates in my imagination. The creative impulse merges and is altered by adaptation to the art material; a dynamic dialogue develops between the easel and my mind in the special time/space of the studio.
Membership & Selected Exhibitions
Colborne Art Gallery, Colborne, ON, Canada
2024 – Present – Member
2008, 2017, 2022 – Anniversary Group Shows
2013-2019 – Juried Shows
2003-2006 – Member
2003 – Solo Show “Playing with Realities”
Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg ON, Canada
Juried Shows 1998-2025
www.artgalleryofnorthumberland.com
Spirit of Hills Juried Shows 2014, 2022, 2024 – www.spiritofthehills.org
John M. Parrott Art Gallery, Belleville ON, Canada
2019 – Juror’s Award
Northumberland Hills Studio Tours 2013 & 2014
www.northumberlandstudiotour.com
Rail’s End Gallery, Haliburton, ON, Canada
Summer 2009 – Faculty Show – Haliburton School of Arts
Professional Work and Development
1967-1969 – Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, Ohio, USA
1969-1974 – Patmos Workshop and Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
1979-1987 – Art Teacher, Toronto Montessori School, Richmond Hill, ON, Canada
1990-1993 – Diploma of Art Therapy – Toronto Art Therapy Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
1997-2000 – Masters of Expressive Therapies, Lesley University, Cambridge, Mass., USA
1992-2019 – Artreach, a private practice in Expressive Therapies, Cobourg, ON, Canada
2001-2018 – Instructor – Sir Sanford Fleming College/Haliburton School of Arts, ON, Canada – Expressive Arts Certificate Program
“I have always thought of myself as a painter derailed by circumstance.” Joni Mitchell