Short Bio
I am a primarily self-taught artist who began to experiment with visual art in the late 1990s. I live in the Upper Valley region of New Hampshire/Vermont with my husband and our canine hobbit, Bilbo.
Statement
I’ve been making collages since the early 1990’s, having been inspired by an exhibit at my workplace. I had never considered myself particularly creative or artistic, but I was so intrigued by these collages, that I felt confident that this was a form of art in which I could succeed in expressing myself in a visual format. I use what I think of as a subliminal process, where I begin with a totally open mind and start riffling through images in magazines, catalogs, calendars, wallpaper samples, etc. I rough-cut images that catch my eye and begin to move them around like jigsaw puzzle pieces, until they start to “speak” to me. Often it is at this point that a title comes to mind, which then “tells” me what other images I may need to find to tell the whole story. I love word play, so my titles are often a play on words suggested by the combined images and are nearly always important in understanding the story. Whenever and wherever possible, I inject a dose of humor. The other aspect of collage that I love is that I am repurposing/recycling what would otherwise end up in the trash.
Resume / CV
EXHIBITS
ONGOING IN THE MEMBERS GALLERY AT AVA GALLERY IN LEBANON NH
2023
Chiaroscuro, AVA Gallery, Lebanon
2022
Small Works, Artistree, So. Pomfret VT
Holiday Show and Sale, AVA Gallery, Lebanon NH
Telling Our Stories, Dartmouth Health, Lebanon NH
Fireflies & Freeze Tag, AVA Gallery, Lebanon NH
COLLAGE: NEW DATA NEW DADA, Stone Valley Arts, Poultney VTFireflies and Freeze Tag, AVA Gallery, Lebanon NH
Three artist exhibit: “Celebrating Collage and Assemblage”, AVA Gallery, Lebanon NH
Employee and Volunteer Art Show, DHMC, Lebanon NH2019 Group Exhibit, BASH at Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
2019
CelebratingCreativity, White River Arts, Randolph, VT
Employee and Volunteer Art Show, DHMC, Lebanon, NH
Summer Juried Show,AVA Gallery, Lebanon NH2018 Holiday Show, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NHSpring Show, Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, VT
2018
Employee and Volunteer Art Show, DHMC, Lebanon, NH
2017
Sharing Our Stories, DHMC, Lebanon, NH
2016
Communications, N.H. Telephone Museum, Warner, NH
Solo Show, DHMC, Lebanon, NH
2015
Solo Show, Mascoma Bank, Lebanon NH
Center for the Arts, New London NH
2014
Solo Show, Howe Libraray, Hanover, NH
Holiday Show, AVA Gallery, Lebanon NH
2012
Group Show, Pompanoosuc Mills, Thetford VT
Emerging Artists (First place award), Center for the Arts, New London NH
Holiday Show, New London Inn, New London NH
2009
Solo Show, DHMC, Lebanon, NH2009 Holiday Show, AVA Gallery, Lebanon NH
2007
Featured Artist in Dartmouth Medicine Magazine, Fall Issue
TEACHING
2015 Release Your Inner Artist, DHMC Aging Resource Center
2014 Release Your Inner Artist, DHMC Aging Resource Center2012 Release Your Inner Artist Through Collage, AVA Gallery