Education :
M. F. A. in Painting, Hartford Art School , University of Hartford , Hartford , CT.
C. A. S. in Art, Wesleyan University , Middletown , CT.
M. S. in Art, Southern Connecticut State University , New Haven , CT.
B. S. in Art, Russell Sage College , Troy , New York .
Exhibitions :
One Woman Shows :
1988 - 2006 Gallery Number 9, Clinton , CT.
2006 City Gallery, April - May, 994 State Street , New Haven , CT.
2006 Art Red Spot Gallery, February-March, 1869 Post Road East , Westport , CT.
2004 City Gallery, October, 994 State Street , New Haven , CT.
2001, 02 The Landmark at Eastview, November - January, Old Saw Mill River Road ,
Tarrytown , N.Y.
The Painting Center , 52 Greene Street , New York , N.Y.
Taub Gallery, University of Hartford , Hartford , CT.
1990 Wexford Gallery, Guilford , CT.
1988 Wesleyan University , Zilkha Gallery, Middletown , CT.
1985 Stoney Creek Public Library, Branford, CT. 1985 New Haven Foundation sponsored by City Spirit Artists, New Haven, CT.
1984 Greene Gallery, Guilford , CT.
Group Shows:
2006 City Gallery, February, 994 State Street , New Haven , CT.
2005 Phillip Alan Gallery , April, Hartford Art School Juried Alumni Exhibition, 30 Avenue B, New York , NY .
2004 Artspace’s Seventh Annual City-Wide Open Studios, October, New Haven , CT.
2004 RKL Gallery, October, 349 Leonard Street , Brooklyn , NY .
2004 City Gallery, June, 994 State Street , New Haven , CT.
2003 City Gallery, December, 994 State Street , New Haven , CT.
2003 Lyman Allyn Museum , Connecticut College, (juried Connecticut Women Artists exhibit),
New London , CT.
2001 Slater Art Museum , juried show, March, Norwich , CT.
2001 Norwich Arts Council, juried show, March, Norwich , CT.
2001 The Great Harbor Gallery, December –January, 59 Wall Street , Madison , CT.
2000 Riester-Greenberg Gallery, October-December, Cornwall Bridge , CT.
Group Shows:
2000 Michael Ingbar Fine Art Co. Inc., August-September, 568 Broadway, New York , N.Y.
2000 Peter Falk Gallery, August, Route 1, Madison , CT.
2000 Connecticut Women Artists, juried by Ruth Weisberg, Dean of Fine Arts, U.S.C.,
Los Angeles , CA., New Haven , CT.
2000 Lindenberg Gallery, 520 W 20 St. , New York , N.Y
2000 Women in the Arts 2000, International group show, juried by Lisa Dennison Chief Curator,
The Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY at Erector Square, New Haven, CT.
1999 Temple Bar Gallery and Studio Atrium Space, 5-9 Temple Bar, Dublin , Ireland .
1998 Two artist exhibition, The Painting Center, 52 Greene Street , New York , N.Y.
1998 Art Actual - Aula de Lletres, Barcelona , Spain .
1996 The Virtual Self, A Group Invitational Exhibit, Shoreline Alliance for the Arts,
Guilford , CT.
1995, 96 Paintings on exhibit at Merrill Lynch Corporate Offices, Farmington , CT.
1996 Group Show juried by Diedre Scott, The Painting Center, 52 Greene Street ,
New York , NY .
1995 Emerging Artists juried show, The Painting Center, 52 Greene Street , New York , NY .
1995 Connecticut Women Artists juried show, New Haven , CT.
1994, 95 Goldfarb Show at the University of Hartford , Hartford , CT.
1992 49 th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum , Norwich , CT.
1988 Connecticut College , New London , CT.
1988 Gallerie Fotene, Newbury Street , Boston , MA .
1984 Art of the Northeast Exhibit, juried by Hilton Kramer, at Silvermine, Greenwich , CT.
1984 Choices Juried Regional Art Show, Guilford , CT.
1983 - 2003 Member and Exhibitor with Connecticut Women Artists, 1984 Award for Color.
Galleries in which art is currently displayed :
Gallery Number 9, 9 Hemlock Hill, Clinton , CT.
Gallery 52, 52 Purchase Street , Rye , N.Y.
White Space Gallery, 1020 Chapel Street , 2 nd Floor, New Haven , CT.
Kane Gallery, 10 Emerson Place , Apt 23e, Boston , MA .
Commissioned work :
Bank Five, Arlington , Massachusetts , June, 1988
Connecticut National Bank, Wethersfield , CT. , April, 1989
Phoenix Life Insurance, Albany , New York , 1992
McKinsey and Company, Florham Park , New Jersey , 1998
Publications in which artist was included :
Abstract Art Online, Gallery Views/SOHO
Art in America , Annual, 1996-1999
Art New England , May, 1986
New York Times, February, 1985
New Haven Register, June, 1984
Artists Statement
Through my love of painting and readings about ancient cultures and visits to sites in areas around the Mediterranean and other parts of the world I have been inspired to create images that are symbolic of a time, place or idea. These bodies of abstract paintings that are derived from memories have evolved from an unrestricted exploration of color, form, light, texture and mark making. I usually begin with a shape or texture and color that interests me and start to build relationships with other forms, shapes, textures which I move around the canvas until a composition appears. Then I adhere more papers, wax, string, modeling paste, objects, canvas, and use paint, oil sticks, staining as the process unfolds. I build or construct layers of paint and this process takes place over several sessions, which may take weeks or months. Sometimes I deconstruct these images and rebuild or reinvent as people and civilizations have done over the course of history. Mistakes or passages are rejected and are replaced. Some are torn out or left with ragged edges showing the process of aging perhaps or of trying to channel the work in another direction.
In the beginning I was mostly concerned with the addition of layers representing the metaphorical process of growth and aging. One day while painting in my studio I ripped some of the layers of a painting off and unexpectedly realized the beauty of the scarring, the color and marks that were left behind. It was a revelation to see the beauty underneath. This internal beauty even surpassed some of the outer areas in the artwork. I discovered that the irregularities and imperfections were some of the most interesting parts the artwork for me. The chipping paint, the areas of thick paint, stains, cracks, an unusual color, free flowing lines, paper and cloth folds, etc. all were surprisingly clear and fresh to see. Each had an individual beauty that was unique to itself like every individual and ancient civilization. I hope these paintings will evoke memories for the viewer of a time, place or idea that is triggered by your subconscious. My intention is to have you experience the lusciousness of the color, the simplicity of form, the linear variations, and the imperfections as well as the luminosity of some surfaces in contrast to opaque areas. This experience will allow a kind of sensuous spirituality in the juxtaposition of visual mystery.
“There is not a single true work of art that has not in the end added to the inner freedom of each person who has known it and loved it.” Albert Camus
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