Artist Statement / Biography

Color is my main inspiration and motivation in art: it’s part of my emotional language. To pay homage to all of my sources of inspiration (whether it’s music, nature, or emotion), it feels only fitting to show my gratitude by infusing my work through texture, gesture, and color relationships with the energy and spirit that have touched me so deeply. My preference for abstraction stems from the desire to let go of a recognizable image in return for a sensory or emotional experience where the viewer can personalize it by imagining further.

Education

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA: 1976, BA Art, cum laude; Study Abroad: Young Judaea Year in Israel, 1972-1973, work study program

deCordova Museum School, Lincoln, MA 1996-2012: acrylics; watercolor; pastel; monoprint; photography; handmade decorative books; drawing; ceramics; collage
studied with Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern until her passing in 2020
Currently working with Pauline Jans, Penticton, Canada, 2020 to present

Workshops
Academy of Design,, New York, NY, February 2004 "Pastels with Wolf Kahn"
"Painting from the Source", Boston, MA, 1998 Aviva Gold
The Artist's Way, Boston, MA, 1995, 1996 Julia Cameron

Memberships
2011 - present Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
1996 - 2015, 2023 - present Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
1994 - 2006 The Artist's Way Group, Framingham, MA
2016 - 2018 Member of Fort Point Artists Community, Boston, MA
2016 - present Member of Arts Wayland, Wayland, MA

Curator

2015 - 2017
Responsible for the display of monthly art exhibits at Brick Wall Kitchen, Brookline, MA

Travel

Israel, England, Italy, Switzerland, France, Hawaii, Iceland, Southwest US, East and West Coasts of US