I never fail to be enraptured by those all-too-brief moments when I spy some ephemeral miracle of light and color.  It may be a momentary scintillation, shy and sublime, or a brief, gaudy explosion which illuminates all and is gone.    These visions are so brief that I both rejoice in their glory and mourn their passing in an instant.    My ambition as an artist is to find ways to share the universe as I see it – as a sparkling, scintillating, ever-changing light-show.   In the last few years, working primarily in pastel and colored pencil, I have been searching for new ways to use these media to express my love affair with the magical effects of light.   Specifically, I have focused on the gleam and shimmer of light reflected from and refracted through water and glass.  The colored pencils grant me the ability to include the finest detail in a reflection or the sharp edge of a jeweled facet. With the pastels I can express myself in vibrant color or subtle and delicate hues to achieve the full range of prismatic effects and capture the light as it dances around and through around my transparent or translucent subjects.    Most recently I am moving the patterns in a more abstract direction, manipulating what I see into rhythms and designs that differ in subtle ways from what the eye would observe in nature.

Affiliations:
Connecticut Women Artists:
    President 2005 – present
    Web Designer & Council Member 2001 - present

Salmagundi Club, New York, NY - Member

Mystic Art Association, Mystic, CT – Elected Artist

Connecticut Pastel Society – Member

Recent Awards
Pastel Journal "2009 Pastel 100" Competition - Honorable Mention
Connectucut Women Artists 2008 Open Juried Show - Honorable Mention
Mystic Art Association 2007 Regional Show – Mary Barthelson Pastel Award
Mystic Art Association 2006 Open Juried Show – Third Place Award
Mystic Art Association 2005 Regional Show – Mary Barthelson Pastel Award
Connecticut Women Artists 2004 Members Show – 2nd Place Award
Mystic Art Association 2004 Regional Show – 3r Place Award
Connecticut Women Artists 2004 Open Juried Show – Honorable Mention

Individual/Group Shows
“Observations & Inspirations”, Solo show Mercy Gallery, Windsor, CT
Artworks Gallery Members’ Show July, 2007
Artworks Gallery Members’ Show February, 2007
Artworks Gallery New Member’s Show, March 2006
Connecticut Women Artists Annual Council Shows, 2001 – 2008
Fabiola’s Restaurant,  February, 2006
Min Ghung Restaurant, July 2006
Cosi Restaurant, May 2006

Representation in Juried Shows:
2007
Connecticut Pastel Society – Renaissance in Pastels
Mystic Art Association Regional Exhibition
Connecticut Women Artists Members Juried Exhibition
2006
Mystic Art Association Open Juried Show
Connecticut Women Artists Open Juried Show
Connecticut Women Artists Members Juried Show
Mystic Art Association Regional Show
2005
Connecticut Women Artists Open Juried Show
Connecticut Women Artists Members Juried Show
Mystic Art Association Open Juried Show
Mystic Art Association Regional Show
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts Open Juried Show
2004
Connecticut Women Artists Open Juried Show
Connecticut Women Artists Members’ Juried Show
Kent Art Association Spring Juried Show
Mystic Art Association Regional Show

Education:
BA Degree, Education, University of Connecticut
MA Degree, Education, University of Connecticut
College-Level Studio Art Classes - University of Connecticut, Manchester Community College, Wesleyan Graduate Liberal Studies Program