ABOUT THE ARTIST

Almost every piece I create is somewhat autobiographical.   I explore the symbiotic relationship between pain and vulnerability with power and beauty as it exists in the human condition, more specifically, in the female experience.  I use organic elements found in nature, sculptural objects found in old barns and industrial materials bought in hardware stores.  I find things that look sculptural, and also elicit emotion.  An object will cause me to stop, contemplate, and see something special that many people might not notice.  I combine the elements into a dynamic abstraction that resonates with the viewer eliciting a visceral and moving response.

The Wabi Sabi aesthetic most accurately defines my work, my process and what I am attracted to in life and art.  Wabi Sabi-the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete; a beauty of things modest and humble; of things unconventional.

As well as being personal, my work is political and speaks to equality, feminism and conservation. Basic human rights should be a given and not a political issue.  Equal rights and saving our planet would be possible if we could all agree that we are one and the same.  Much of the emotion in my work comes from the desire for people to love and not hurt each other, and to understand each other's pain (and love) as their own. 

EXHIBITS

4/2022 Imperfect-Oliver Wolcott Library/Litchfield, CT with Richard Heys

6/2022 Kent Art Association Invitational Show/Kent, CT- Group Show

11/2020 4 Walls-4 Artists- Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens/Washington Depot, CT-Group Show

2/2020 Art Tripping @ John Kane Studios/New Preston, CT -Salon Style Group Show

1/2020 Moving Parts-Gunn Memorial Library/Washington, CT-Solo Show

11/2019 Gallery 53/Woodbury, CT-Group Show

10/2019 Chains, Rain and Moments- Points Gallery Annex/Torrington, CT-Group Show

8/2019 Parts-Gallery 7 Studio/Torrington, CT-Solo Show