About The Artist

-Live in both Connecticut and California with my husband and Ragdoll cat, Cezanne whi is also bi-coastal. -Exhibits of my work both solo and in groups have been mostly in the New England states and France. -Presently my work consists of abstract and plein air painting in acrylic, plus photography. - I have also worked and occasionally still work with drawing, pastel, and collage. I do commissioned pet portraits if time permits and have completed approximately 400 pastel pet portraits that hang in private collections across the United States. -My work is a reflection of the world around me whether in feelings or realism depicted abstractly, en Plein Air or in photography. I was one of 10 Plein Air artists who painted in Giverny, France in Monet's Gardenand surrounding areas with other artists who were given private access to the garden daily to paint. -My paintings reflect the nuance of color and light in both my abstract and impressionist compositions. -I paint both outdoors and indoors - trying to spontaneously capture the fleeting power of the moment. Acute observation with the expressive passion for light's subtle changes affects the outcome of my art. I use my own sensory experience to encompass the transitory nature of the moments I deem essential to my art. Photographs and painting reflect evocative and visceral memories and connections. Before retirement I was an Arts Administrator where I worked with 64 arts educators in 15 schools. I also taught Graduate and Undergraduate classes at the university level, and taught high school art. I was a consultant for the J.Paul Getty Center for the Arts to create an art text, chosen with other exemplary arts administrators from across the United States and co-authored a book on art education that was used as a university text.