This is my second spring. After retiring from a career in higher education administration, I've invested in a daily art practice to create a cohesive portfolio expressive of the local environment. Based in Lancaster County, PA, I'm exploring aqueous media painting including acrylics and water-mixable oils, monotypes and contemporary drawing with charcoal, soft pastel and inks.

 

My current portfolio is reflective of daily encounters along regional trails, mainly the Conewago and Lebanon Valley Rail Trails, and plein air work throughout the county. I'm attracted to the rich textures and natural boundaries of the landscape and the structures that interrupt and obstruct. I tend to work quickly and expressively usually landing in the space between painting and drawing. My formal art training in printmaking, specifically the intaglio process, calls me to consider light and shadow and encourages layering and experimental marks.

 

Current Exhibitions

Women of MH Gallery, Marietta PA, through Jan 26, 2025

 

Awards

Boettcher House Award, 2023 Landis Woods Outdoor Fine Art Show

Juror's Choice Award, Maryland Federation of Art, Art on Paper, March 2022 (Summer Amber)

1st Place, Lancaster County Art Association, Fall Membership Show, September 2021 (July Escape)

Award of Excellence for Plein Air Painting, Touchstone Center for Crafts, May 2021 (Chalk Hill)

2nd Place, Lancaster County Art Association, Spring Membership Show, March 2021 (Peach Alley)

Juror's Award, Maryland Federation of Art, Light and Shadow, Jan 2021 (Peach Alley)

2nd Place, Lancaster Museum of Art 58th Annual Community Exhibition, August 2020 (Summer's Turn)

2nd Place, Lancaster County Art Association, Spring Membership 2020 (Winter Blues)

Honorable Mention, Lancaster County Art Association Fall Membership 2020 (On W. Chestnut)

 

Recent Juried and Invitational Shows

Breakthrough, juried exhibition of atypical works, MH Art Gallery, Marietta, PA Oct 11-Dec 1, 2024

Best in Tonalism 2024 - Online Showcase American Tonalist Society Aug 16- Sept 15, 2024

Reflecting the Tides, Juried Exhibition, North Museum, Lancaster, PA June 6 - Aug 29, 2024

Wild & Precious Juried Exhibition, Third Story Art Gallery June 7 - August 24, 2024

Demuth Museum Annual Invitational: Still Life, May 25 - July, 21, 2024

Lancaster Museum of Art Community Exhibition June 2024

Listening at the Edges: A solo exihibition of monotypes. Curio Gallery, Lancaster, PA, April 5 - May 25, 2024

RIver Towns Plein Air 2024 - Juried Exhibition April 18-21, 2024

Light Within, Juried Exhibition Inspired by Light, MH Art Gallery, Marietta, PA Feb 9- Mar 31, 2024

York Art Association 52nd Annual Juried Exhibition, York, PA

Night Trees Juried Exhibition, MH Art Gallery, Marietta PA, Sept/Oct 2023

Lancaster Museum of Art 61st Annual Community Art Exhibition, Lancaster, PA, July - Sept 2023

Demuth Invitational: Portraiture through Artists' Eyes, April 29-June 25, 2023, Demuth Museum, Lancaster, PA

Regional Juried Spring Open Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, March 27-April 29, 2023