As a printmaker, painter and mixed media artist, I work with materials from my life, discarded, discovered or imagined, which evoke message and meaning to me. I am drawn to the theatricality of life, impulses that push one over the edge, the occurrence and consequence of everyday life, and the interaction between beings, symbols, objects, time and space. My pieces depict a fragmented world whose drama suggests imbalance, discordance and fantasy. This ongoing theme remains present in my current work. I will often describe an underlying tension or memory through stacked and layered imagery, using found objects, old letters, or salvaged paint scarping. These may be embedded within encaustic, or paint, then abraded, cut or otherwise interrupted, exposing the layers beneath the surface where illusion and truth come face to face.

Education
MA, Education/Media, Harvard University [1994]
MFA, Theatre, University of California Irvine [1980]
BFA, Theatre, University of California Irvine [1978]

2006
105th Annual Juried Exhibition, New Haven Paint & Clay Club, New Haven, Connecticut

2005
Night and Day. Walsh Gallery, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut.
Connecticut Women Artists Juried Members Exhibition, The Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, Connecticut.
5th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, Connecticut.
104th and 103rd Annual Juried Exhibition, New Haven Paint & Clay Club. Connecticut
The Room as Art. Zoe & Floyd Gallery, Seymour, Connecticut.
Singular and Unique, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Hearth University, Fairfield, Connecticut.
Hear Murmurs, Zoe & Floyd Gallery, Seymour, Connecticut.
The Heart, City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
State of Mind, West Cove Studio & Gallery, West Haven, Connecticut.