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I am a self-taught, intuitive, professional artist. My whole life as an artist is a pictorial journal - an emotional reaction to trauma and I am motivated by the need to re-create, reshape and heal the soul of my youth.
I paint from the inside out and I am drawn in and mesmerized by the artistic method through which the imagination is visually realized. I am inspired by poignant and tender thoughts and emotions rather than rational ideas of what to paint. My color palette and sense of light captures the life, mood and feelings which hypnotize me as it reveals something that cannot be expressed in words.
My art speaks of a passionate creative process of intense reflection and perception that comes alive in pronounced layers and stokes of paint. I find myself moving my paint brush, not on the canvas but upon the image of women, imparting myself to connect with their soul and to form an intimate bond between myself and the subject matter. Therefore, the women I paint have an extraordinary presence and sense of wholeness.
My paintings invite the viewer to a visual feast of life, to contemplate imagination, a memory of love and loss. The common thread in my work is the spirit taking form through my paintings.
My art has allowed me to leap, soar and explore the person I have become and to hold the hope of delicate things to come!
I Accept Commissions Created From Your Photographs
In 2008 I was commissioned by the White House to paint an ornament for the White House Christmas Tree and invited to the White House Christmas Reception.
My work has been widely collected locally by, among others, Cliff Robinson, Director, Department of Mental Health, MA, and Patti Kraft, family of Robert Kraft of the New England Patriots. Other paintings have been sold to collectors in NY, Hawaii, Washington D.C. and Texas to name a few.
EXHIBITIONS
· The Berenberg Gallery, Boston, MA
· The Gateway Gallery, Brookline, MA
· NAEMI Conference Exhibition, MA
· Inside Outsider Art II, AOL
· The Diversity Gallery, MA
· Exhibition Windows at Barney's NY, Chestnut Hill, MA
· Seven Women Artists, Brandeis University, MA
· Permanent Installation at DMH, Boston, MA
· Celebration 2000, Bayside Expo Ctr., Boston, MA
PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE:
- THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE, "...her work is very sophisticated, is successful because she paints from the heart"
- THE BOSTON HERALD, "...a gifted painter, focuses on the process of looking, something that lies far beyond what can be seen"
- BOSTON MAGAZINE, "She was commissioned by The Mall at Chestnut Hill to create an image for a 58-foot banner that graced the entrance way"
- YANKEE MAGAZINE
- GUEST SPEAKER, "Putting Creativity to Work" Conference, Radisson Hotel, Boston, MA
- Promotional films and documentary