“My work is informed by nature. Whether working at the coast, in the colors of autumn, in the freshness of spring, or in the radiance of sunlight, I come to know myself and my goals as an artist.”

My monotypes, oils, pastels, and watercolors focus on nature and my fascination with it. My prints are one-of-a-kind; using monotype, monoprint, or collagraph techniques. I start with an idea or feeling which I express in textures and colors using natural and manmade found objects. I am a tactile person, always touching things and feeling their texture. Because I am a printmaker I see an item’s potential by how it might appear after color and pressure have been applied. When possible, I apply paint to both sides of an object and use it in different ways in several prints. For example: I print the original print, then use the “ghosted” plate, I also use the “other side of the object”, and use the “ghost of the ghost” if there is enough color/texture left, etc. It is the unlimited possibilities and uncertainty of what exactly will appear (in addition to the image being the reverse of what one worked on) that makes the monotype process so exciting. Each print is unique and the result of an adventure. My goal is to transmit my enthusiasm for the printmaking process and its creativeness to others - to get people to see in a textured and colorful way, natural and manmade objects.

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BRANCHING OUT (monotype collage) Honorable Mention, Rockport Art Association, 3/08

SEED PODS (monotype) – Frances Carley Menna Memorial Award, North Shore Art Association, 10/06

"FALL" AT THE POND (monotype) –  People's Choice, Marblehead Festival of the Arts, 7/06

MEADOW AGLOW (monotype) – Honorable Mention, Marblehead Festival of the Arts, 7/06

POND AT MIDNIGHT (monotype) – Second Prize, Newton Art Association 4/06

STORM’S COMING (monotype) – Harry Ballinger Graphic Award, North Shore Art Association, 8/05

HINT OF WINTER (monotype) – Honorable Mention, Newton Art Association, 8/04

TRAVELING THROUGH SPACE (monotype) – Honorable mention, Marblehead Festival of the Arts, 7/04

SACK’S GERANIUMS (oil) – Wet Paint Category, Outstanding Work, Marblehead Festival of the Arts, 7/01

DRYDOCKED (pastel) – Judge’s Choice, Marblehead Art Association, 9/98

NEW HAMPSHIRE WOODS (oil) – Outstanding Work, Marblehead Art Association, 2/98

THE APPLE PICKER (pastel) – Art Guild Award, Marblehead Festival of the Arts, 7/97

DAISIES (Watercolor) – Third Place, Newton Art Association, 4/97

SUNFLOWERS (watercolor) – Honorable Mention, Newton Art Association, 5/96

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9/04-presentPresent Jewish Community Center (JCC) Newton, MA - monotypes

2/08Monotype Workshop, Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL

8/07Workshop, Nature Printing Society, Bar Harbor, ME

9/02-8/04Acorn Gallery and School of Art, Marblehead, MA - oil painting

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2008DeCordova Museum School with Vivian Berman

2006Workshops with Deb Citron-Stevens, Susan Daly, Joan Hausrath

2005Workshops at Mixit Studio with: Catherine Kernan, Marty Epp

1999-2002 Acorn Gallery and School of Art with Deborah Freeman Highberger

1993-1999 Workshops with Lois Tarlow

1997 Museum School Workshop with Robin Dash

1997, 1998Montserrat Art School, Critique with Patrick Carter

1996 DeCordova Museum with Dudty Fletcher

1990-1992 JCC with Majorie Gerber Gold, David Campbell

1985-1991 Northeastern University, Mass. College of Art, JCC

1974-1975 Experimental Etching Studio with Deborah Cornell

1973-74 Etching with Rena Tzolakis, Paris

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3/30-4/25/2011 Ratner Museum, Bethesda, MD (four-person show)

1/09 Needham Free Public Library, Needham, MA

12/07-2/08 Citizens Bank, Citizens Bank, Newtonville, MA

11/06 Newton Free Library, Newton, MA

10/05-11/05 University Place, Cambridge, MA (three-person show)

12/04 Daniels Gallery, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged, Boston, MA

4/02-5/02 Perkins Gallery, Striar JCC, Stoughton, MA (two-person show)

1-2/02LaSalle College, Newton, MA

6/01-9/01Newton South Cooperative Bank, Newton, MA

6/00-9/00 Citizens Bank, Newton, MA

4/99-5/99 Marblehead Art Association, Marblehead, MA

6/98-9/98 Art Guild Gallery, Marblehead, MA

4/97-5/97Newton South Cooperative Bank, Newton, MA

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11/07 – Present Rockport Art Association, various shows (juried entry)

6/07 – Present Mill Brook Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Concord, NH

4-6/08 Boston Convention Center (Hynes), Boston, MA

3-5/08 DeCordova Museum School Gallery, Lincoln, MA

10/06 Trustees of Reservations, Great House, Crane Estate, Ipswich, MA(juried entry)

5/06-6/06 MGNE at The Whistler House Museum of Art (juried entry)

4/06-6/06 Village Bank, Newton, MA (Second Prize)

1/06-3/06 Mayyim Hayyim, Newton, MA (juried entry)

10/04-1/06 JCC, Newton, MA (2 person show) Lobby

7/05-11/05 Starr Gallery, Leventhal-Sidman JCC, Newton, MA

5-10/04,05,06 North Shore Art Association, Gloucester, MA (juried entry, award winner 8/05)

8/04 MGNE at Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Pawtucket, RI (juried entry)

6/08, 6/06, 6/04 Art in the Barn, Essex County Greenbelt, Essex, MA (juried entry)

1/01-Present Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA (numerous exhibitions, juried entry)

2/03-2/04 Concord Art Association, Concord, MA (numerous exhibitions, juried entry)

July’s 2001-04Acorn Gallery, Marblehead, MA

7/08, Newton Free Library, Newton, MA (juried entry)

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11/02,00

10/98,96

July’s 1997-08Marblehead Festival of the Arts, Marblehead, MA (juried entry, various awards)

6/00-7/00 Starr Gallery, Leventhal-Sidman JCC, Newton, MA

1/99-3/99 New Art Center, Newton, MA

9/97 Gallery 333, Falmouth, MA

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Monotype Guild of New England (MGNE); Weston Arts & Crafts Association (WACA); Nature Printing Society (NPS); Cambridge (CAA), Newton (NAA), North Shore (NSAA), and Rockport (RAA) Art Associations
 

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