I was always the artist of the family. I inherited my talent from my late, Great-aunt Josephine, and was a good draftsman from an early age. But as time went by, I realized that I couldn’t take credit for that talent; it was a gift. What I do take credit for is the effort I have made through the years to master my craft, those areas of printmaking that I focus on, linoleum, etching, and mezzotint. I am grateful to have found my medium, and will continue on the path to mastery of it as long as I am able to roll the presses.

Though I do an occasional landscape or interior, my preferred subject is the human face and figure. I have recently been inspired by various old family photographs of my ancestors. Though I don’t often get true likenesses, working backwards in the dark as printmakers do, I like to think I capture the spirit of the person. I explore the humanity of someone who came before me, and at the same time I am exploring my own, and in, a way everyone’s. I will always be fascinated by faces, and in trying to capture them I increase my understanding of where I came from, who I am and what I am here for. Though I’ve traveled the world, the journey I find the most rewarding is the one that goes from the start to the finish of a printmaking project.

Education
BFA, University of Texas at Austin [1982]

2006
17th Annual Maine Open, Winslow, Maine.
“Challenging Tradition,” Carver Museum, Austin, Texas.

2005
VU Austin Spring Exhibition, Austin, Texas.
Women Printmakers of Austin Members Exhibition, Austin, Texas
Women Printmakers of Austin, Houston, Texas
Berkeley Art Center Members Exhibit, Berkeley, California