Thanks for visiting! It's always nice to share my artwork. I hope you enjoy what you see and consider how original artwork can enrich your home.
I work exclusively in pastel. My original portraits -- primarily animals -- gravitate towards stillness and quietude. Easily missed but always present, if only we learn how to look. Finding and preserving these moments is an incredible antidote to the increasing -- and often needless -- bustle and stress of our busy lives. I am a self-taught artist. What I lack in formal education, I've made up for by learning from incredibly skilled and generous pastelists. I credit Ruthe Sholler for introducing me to pastels in 2012, which unlocked a deep-seeded, long-ignored skill for drawing and painting. In 2014 I met the incomparable Donna Rossetti-Bailey. Painting with her, and all the amazing pastelists I've met through her, has sparked my creative growth in immeasurable ways. Donna's guidance and tutelage made it possible for me to explore the pastel medium in a deliberate, committed way. After many years in Donna's weekly atelier, I took that commitment one step further and set up my first studio in 2019. I learn something new from my pastels nearly every time I’m at the easel. I especially love the tactile nature of the medium, being physically connected to my work as it develops.. I’m happy to share my journey, and thank you for coming along.
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EXHIBITS, AWARDS & DEMOS
Award of Merit International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) 40th Annual Exhibition, Open Division June 22-26, 2022 Albuquerque, NM Hull Artists Association Regional Juried Show May 7-June 15, 2022 Small Stones Art Festival Oct 15-24, 2021 Grafton, MA Marks of Distinction 2021 (virtual) Central Mass Pastel Society UArt 2021 Pastel Competition (virtual) Bird is the Word (virtual) May 23 - July 24 Flagler County Art League Palm Coast, FL A Calling of Birds May 6 - July 25, 2021 Elisabeth Jones Art Center Portland, OR Hingham Arts Walk 2020 Scituate Arts Association Annual Juried Show, Third Place for Pastel April 2019 "Local Color" March 2018 South Shore Art Center "Sea and Sky" February 16 - March 16, 2018 Hull Lifesaving Museum Hingham Arts Walk 2017 Live demonstration "Sea and Sky" February 17 - March 18, 2017 Hull Lifesaving Museum "The Forest: Full of Wonder" May 5 - Aug 28, 2016 Massachusetts Audubon Society Blue Hills Trailside Museum "Creative Capsule" May 6 - June 25, 2016 South Shore Community Center NRAS Adult Student Show Oct 31 - Dec 19, 2015 Jeanne Horan Gallery @ Ventress Library Margaret Marshall Dillon Memorial Award for Adult Art Students 2015 South Shore Arts Festival |