STATEMENT
	I grew up in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. From early on, I have been interested in art and doing creative things; in fact, all I ever told anyone I wanted to be was an artist. I did start out as an Art major at the University of Illinois, but switched majors when I transferred to Purdue University after my freshman year. Even though design was my main focus, I added art classes into my schedule every chance I could. Class hours in Ceramics and Jewelry were almost even with my design lab hours! After graduation, I spent twelve years doing commercial interior design in the Milwaukee area. In 1985, I enrolled in a post graduate Art Therapy Certification program at the Thomas Merton Institute. Being an art therapist provides me with an opportunity to share my love of the creative process and its healing capacity with others. I find it difficult to limit myself to one medium -- printmaking, painting, paper making, metalsmithing, and jewelry design are just a few of my creative outlets. I believe that the insights I get from these various disciplines carry over into all my artwork. During the winter months, I work on monotypes. The spontaneity of working directly on the printing plate with inks and oilbars is almost addicting! Working with the monotype process is exciting and unpredictable, which is what I need during the long Wisconsin winters! I try to achieve a luminosity in my monotypes through use of overlapping color. One piece may have several trips through the printing press before I achieve the look I want. The series on which I am presently working is inspired by southwest petroglyphs, pictographs, animals, and vegetation. Handmade paper helps to foster the rustic quality in the finished art. When the weather warms up, I switch to plein- air painting- pastels, acrylics, and watercolors. I have an attraction to the Southwest, and particularly feel at home at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, New Mexico. I love the color of light there, the softness of the forms, the infinite array of colors, and the variety of textures. What I try to portray in my paintings is the love I feel for the landscape, the intensity of the colors, and the play of light over forms. When painting the Wisconsin landscape, I feel challenged to present the "green-ness" without having the painting appearing dull or the greens looking redundant. The whole process of painting is a sort of dance to me, with the rhythms appearing in the form of brush strokes and dynamic composition.

 

EDUCATION
Ozaukee Art Center, Cedarburg, WI; Printmaking, Figure Drawing Milwaukee Area Technical College; Metalsmithing, 1991-Present Post-baccalaureate Art Therapy Certificate Program and Alcoholism Counselor training program 1986-1988 Thomas Merton Institute, Shorewood, Wisconsin Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design, May 1976 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Art Major-University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois 1972-1973
GALLERIES
Bilhenry Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mill Atelier Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico Ozaukee Art Center, Cedarburg, Wisconsin
EXHIBITS AND JURIED SHOWS
"Conversations with the Land" Solo exhibit at Studio 2015, Woodstock, IL Dec '99-Jan '00 Color Rangers: Many Hands, One Spirit" Group show- Mill Gallery, Santa Fe, NM May-Oct '99 "Color Rangers: Unmasking the Southwest" Group show- Galleria Arriba, Abiquiu, NM Oct '99 "Pastels Only" Group exhibit, Fischer Gallery, Albuquerque, NM July '99 "Midwest Winter Exhibition" Group Exhibit, Nicholet College, Rhinelander, WI Jan- March '99 "Women Who Paint the West" Group show- Galleria Arriba, Abiquiu, NM Sept. '98 "For Pastels Only" Pastel Society of America Annual Exhibition, New York, NY 1996 "Journeys of the Heart" Solo Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL 1996 "Impressions of the Southwest"-dual exhibit/Kit Lynch, Curator's Choice Gallery, Milwaukee, WI '95 33rd & 34th Annual Juried Art Exhibit-The Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, Wisconsin Solo Exhibit-October 1994-April 1995 Ozaukee Art Center, Cedarburg, Wisconsin
AWARD AND HONORS
Purchase Prize: 33rd Annual Juried Art Exhibit, The Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, WI Honorable Mention: 33rd Annual Juried Art Exhibit ,The Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, WI Honorable Mention: 34th Annual Juried Art Exhibit ,The Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, WI Merit Award: "Paper, Scissors, Stone" Juried show-Gallery 110 North, Plymouth, WI
WORKSHOPS AND SEMINIARS
Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM-1995 & 96 Pastels workshop with Gary Hamel The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta Canada-1995 Grace Gibson-painting workshop Scottsdale Artist's School-1995 Doug Dawson-workshop in pastels Palette & Chisel, Chicago, IL-1994 Sally Strand-workshop in pastels Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM -1989, 1991-95-Grace Gibson-painting workshops Yosemite National Monument-1990-Grace Gibson-painting workshop
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois-Artist Member Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors-Professional Member Pastel Society of New Mexico Artist Member Cedarburg Artist's Guild- Artist Member Advisory Board Member-Child Abuse Prevention Fund, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Professional Member A.S.I.D.-Wisconsin Chapter
WORK EXPERIENCE
December 1995-Present-Facilitator for "Art and Healing" workshops June 1989-December 1995: On-call Art Therapist-Elmbrook Memorial Hospital Brookfield, Wisconsin August 1986-December 1987: Interior Design Instructor, Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin July 1983 -December 1994: Self-employed Interior Designer-Contract/Residential August 1976-July 1983: Sr. Designer-Forrer Business Interiors, Milwaukee,Wisconsin