I am a painter, potter, sculptor, and art educator. I graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Sculpture and an MFA in Painting from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. I have lived in the south coast of Massachusetts most of my life and love being out in nature. My work is informed by this beautiful coastal environment and the natural objects I encounter. My pockets are always full of shells and the bits I discover along my walks. Through deep observation and intimate response to the natural world, I find a bounty of inspiration for my paintings. My subject matter can often reference the human form, gesture, memory, emotion, sensuality, or simply capture the energy of a time and place. When painting, I am compelled to artiulate a fierce passion for life, female strenght, and fecundity.
Fruits, Veggies, Flowers
“Pepper Tango” (oil on canvas) 44” x 58”
“Often I am fueled by my love of the summer garden. It’s bounty and fruitfulness excites me. The garden is lush with vegetation, blossoms, tons of veggies and of course sensuous peppers. These paintings are not still life works but rather portraits, conversations, and interactions.”
“Green Pepper” (oil on panel) 10” x 10”
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“Open Pomegrante” (oil on panel) private collection
“Pepper Couple” (oil on panel) 38 x 52”
“Garlic and Citrus” (oil on linen) 14” x 16”
“Blooming to the Light” (oil on linen) 24” x 36”
“Avocado Split” (oil on panel) private collection
“Fruitful Conversation” (two panel oil on board) private collection
“Full Fruit” (oil on panel) 12” x 12”
“Intimate Conversation” (oil on canvas) 36” x 48”
private collection
“Open Pomegrante” (oil on panel)
private collection
“Pepper Portrait” (oil on panel) 48” x 56”
“ Dancing Dragonfruit” (oil on canvas)
“Primal Pomegranate” (oil on canvas 36” x 48”
“Pepper Slice” (oil) private collection
SHELLS
“Quahogs” private collection
“Acidification” private collection
“Open Quahog” private collection
“Little Necks” private collection
“Mussel Shell Heart” private collection
“Dancer” (oil on panel)
“Open Quahog” private collection
“ Turning In” private collection
“Radiant Quahog” private collection
“Sunset Conch” (oil on boxed panel)
“A Couple of Quhogs” private collection
“Moonshell Poised” 24” x 24” (oil on canvas)
“Flaming Conch” (oil on canvas) 24” x 36”
“Oyster Couple” (oil on boxed panel) 40” x 54”
“Every shell which speaks to me enters my psyche and provokes an inspirational spark. I am particulary drawn to the broken shell because of the beauty in the spare, broken forms which create natural abstractions and beckons the eye into internal recesses. I am also attracted to the splayed open, hinged shells, so invititing and fragile with their connective membrane.
When I work from the natural world,. I ingest this experience and then synthesize it into my own expression. My use of paint is visceral. I have an appetite for color, manipulation of paint and subject matter that grabs the eye and stirs the unconscious. It is my hope that through viewing my paintings one will enter my world and share my experiences. “
Plein air Landscapes and Seascapes
“Plein air painting is invigorating. To be out in nature, chasing the movement of clouds, water, light,and vegetation is an exciting challenge. The goal is to capture the essence of what I am seeing and sensing in that place, at that time of day and season. It could be a windy, sunny, autumn day in the marsh or a quiet, misty, muggy, summer morning at the harbor. When I work from the natural world, I ingest this experience and then synthesize it into my own expressive experience with paint.”
“Catboat” (oil on canvas) 16” x 20” “Beech Plum Summer Beach” (oil on canvas) 16” x 20”
“Westport River Farm” (oil on canvas) 14” x 16”
“Summer Lavender Fields” (oil on canvas) 14” x 16”
