The city I live in provides the images for my paintings. This is the background in which I find the simplicity of a roughly worn building, or a cracked, patched area of concrete.
I set off with my camera and wander through streets and alleys, searching for the vivid spaces caused when light and shadow connect. I find that standing within these areas and visually exploring them seals my connection with them, making my understanding of them more solid. I take pictures with my camera to catch all the small details that I may or may not want to use later.
I portray life as it throbs through the bright colors, shadows, noises, and buildings. Shapes that come about when light and shadow meet are the height of intrigue to me and give me pleasure in and of themselves.
BIOGRAPHY
Education:
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- Cardinal Stritch University – Masters in Education – 2000
- Studied Art at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee – 1971 – 1973, 1975 – 1976
Publications:
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- How Did You Paint That: 100 Ways to Paint Landscapes by International Artists – 2004
Honors:
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- Midwest Frame Supply Award – 2013
- Induction into the Watercolor Honor Society – 2013
- Merit Award – American Women Artists – 2015
Membership:
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- American Women Artists
- Watercolor Honor Society
- National Watercolor Society
Shows/Exhibitions:
- Gallery 218 – 2005, 2006
- Grava Gallery (solo show) – 2005
- John Michael Kohler Art Center – 2007
- Watercolor USA – 2011
- Watercolor USA – 2013
- Watercolor Honor Society Exhibition – 2014
- American Women Artists Exhibition – 2014
- Watercolor Wisconsin – 2014
- Missouri Watercolor Society Exhibition – Jan., 2015
- National Watercolor Society – 2015
- American Women Artists – 2015
- Watercolor Wisconsin – 2015
- Watercolor Wisconsin – 2016
- Watercolor USA – 2018