My studio lies in a Central Pennsylvania valley below the Appalachian Trail, at the edge of the woods, above a trout stream. I grew up and studied in the “big” cities of Chicago and Philadelphia, but I met my first teacher, Maya Schock, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania at her tearoom behind the Doshi Gallery on 2nd and Reily, where she made me a liverwurst sandwich that changed my life.
My work is inspired by visions as near as my front meadow and from travels to Europe, Southeast Asia, and Mexico. I have come to believe that even the most commonplace items are strange if seen with fresh eyes. My studies with Maya Schock introduced me to the practice of color field painting, and my subsequent studies at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, in Philadelphia taught me the traditions of figurative painting and drawing.
My oil paintings and charcoal drawings have a dreamy ambiguity which dances with classic formality. I like to develop imagery which appears and disappears suggesting the reality of emptiness and the illusion of form.
EDUCATION
1975 – 1979 The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1974 – 1975 Doshi Academy, studied with Maya Schock, Harrisburg, PA
1966 – 1970 University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, BA in Literature
AWARDS
Toppan Award for Drawing, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1978
People’s Choice Award, Harrisburg Arts Festival, 1978
Grand Award for the Visual Arts, Pennsylvania Women in the Arts, 1979
Robert Fuller Award for Painting, Art Association of Harrisburg,, 1990
First Place Award for Painting, Art Association of Harrisburg, 1990
Mayor’s Award for Distinguished Public Service, The City of Harrisburg, PA ,1996
Best in Show, Art Association of Harrisburg, 2002
Li Hidley Award, Art Association of Harrisburg, 2002
First Place Award for Painting, Art Association of Harrisburg, 2015
Second Place Award, City Beautiful H2O, Susquehanna Art Museum, 2016
Second Place Award for Drawing, Art Association of Harrisburg, 2017
Best in Show, Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisle, PA 2017
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The State Museum of Pennsylvania
Penn State University
Temple University
The City of Harrisburg
Dauphin – Middle Paxton Historical Society
Dauphin – Middle Paxton Elementary School
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2017 – “Text, Texture, Textiles”, Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisel, PA, juried group exhibition
2016 – “Doshi Open Studio”, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Cathedral, Harrisburg, PA, group invitational
2016 – WITF Public Media Center, Harrisburg, PA, solo show
2016 – “County Fair/City Flair”, York Fair and Expo Center, York, PA, juried group exhibition
2016 – Lebanon Valley College, Anneville, PA, juried group exhibition
2016 – “City Beautiful H2O”, Susquehanna Art Museum, Capital Region Water, Harrisburg, PA, juried group
2015 – Susquehanna Center for the Creative Arts, Columbia, PA, group invitational
2015 – PA Arts Experience, Marketview Gallery, York, PA, solo show
2015 – Camp Hill Plein Air Festival, Camp Hill, PA, juried group exhibition
2015 – PA Arts Experience, Governor’s Residence, Harrisburg, PA, group invitational
2015 – Projects Gallery, Square Foot Art Basel, Miami, FL, group invitational
2014 – The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, juried group exhibition
2014 – Lebanon Valley College, Anneville, PA, juried group exhibition
2014 – Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, juried group exhibition
2013 – Lynden Gallery, Elizabethtown, PA, two person exhibition *
2011 – Wilson College, Bogigian Gallery, Chambersburg, PA, solo show*
2011 – Elizabethtown College, Lyet Gallery, Elizabethtown, PA, 5 artists exhibit*
2010 – “People Places, and Things: A celebration of Harrisburg’s Artistic Heritage” invitational exhibition, the Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2010 – The Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, inaugural Alumni Gallery exhibition, juried show
2010 – Penn State University, HUB Gallery, State College, PA, 5 artists exhibit*
2010 – Susquehanna Art Museum, Doshi Gallery, Harrisburg, PA, solo show*
2010 – Present – The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, Selected Works from the Permanent Collection
2009 – Shippensburg University, Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg, PA, 5 artist exhibit*
2008 – The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, juried group exhibition
2007 – Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA, “Absolutely Abstract”, juried group exhibition
2007 – Phillips Museum, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, 5 artist exhibit**
2006 – Temple University, Harrisburg, PA campus, solo show
2006 – The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, juried group exhibition
2005 – The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, juried group exhibition
2005 – The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, “Art of the State” juried group exhibition
2004 – Cow Parade, Harrisburg, PA, “Cowstruction Moonager” ***
2004 – Penn State University, Morrison Gallery, Middletown, PA campus, solo show*
2004 – The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, “Art of the State” juried group exhibition
2004 – Breathe Gallery, Davidson, NC, invitational exhibition*
2001 – The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, “20th Century Realists from the Collection”
2000 – Temple University, Harrisburg, PA campus, solo show
1999 – The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, juried alumni 1998 – The Simonton Gallery, Harrisburg, PA, solo show
1998 – Harrisburg Area Community College, Gettysburg, PA campus, solo show*
1997 – Encore Books, Mechanicsburg, PA solo show*
1996 – The Philadelphia Aids Consortium, Philadelphia, PA, solo show
1991 – Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA, solo show
1991 – William Ris Gallery, Camp Hill, PA, solo show*
1991 – The Jewish Community Center, Harrisburg, PA, 2 person exhibition
1984 – Siesta Key Gallery, Sarasota, FL, solo show
1981 – Harrisburg Community College, Rose Herman Lehman Arts Center, Harrisburg, PA, solo show*
1979 – The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, “Women in the Arts”, juried group exhibition (Grand Award for the Visual Arts)
* Indicates Gallery Talk and/or classroom visit by artist
** Indicates Senior Curatorial Seminar with artist/students
*** Indicates Book Signing Events with artist
I look forward to hearing from you!
