My Work and Me

My first art piece was a cross I made for my family's priest at age 5.  I had glued two pieces of wood together and drawn a flower at the cross point with red and green crayons.  We moved away, life went on, and I made more stuff. 

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​In my teens I started painting intentionally and made paper cuttings and art books.  In my twenties and thirties, I opened a flower shop in San Diego and continued to use color, design and composition in all my arrangements including bridal and corporate work.  I started painting more frequently. 

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In my forties I was awarded a grant from Smith College in Massachusetts where I became an art major.  During that time, I worked at Skera Gallery in Northampton, Massachusetts.  Still painting, I independently learned to make metal work jewelry by hand and sold pieces through Arts Unlimited Gallery in Massachusetts and at The Gathering Place Art Studio in New Hampshire.  I taught jewelry classes and workshops locally.  I started teaching other people to paint at an Introduction to Painting class, as well as some other small painting classes at The Gathering Place and in my studio. 

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Now, thousands of projects later, painting has again become my primary interest.  I am currently making highly textured works inspired by the amazing personalities of dilapidated buildings.

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​I was told recently that my childhood priest had died, and that he had requested that the cross I made him so long ago be held in his hands when he was gone.  The request had been fulfilled.

47 years later. 

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Art is Powerful.  I'm making some more.