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ARTIST STATEMENT

Through many years of training in multiple mediums I have continued to refine my techniques to provide a sense of realism. The medium of watercolor enables me to integrate my skills in drawing and application of color in layers to create depth while maintaining the details. Most recently the outdoor experience of plein-air painting has challenged me to locate that convergence of light, color and composition, that “a ha” moment, which depicts an image that allows me to realize my vision.

ART EDUCATION

Massachusetts - Formal
   Museum of Fine Arts – Boston, 3 young adult art classes
   University of Massachusetts – North Dartmouth, 2 years focusing in fine arts
   DeCordvia Museum – Concord, watercolor classes

Massachusetts – Watercolor Private
   Jo Tringale – 3 years evening classes
   Carolyn Latanision – 2 years evening classes

California - Watercolor
   Cathy Quiel – 10 years adult education classes

Watercolor - Plein-air workshops
   Karen McLean-McGaw – 2 weekend trips to Catalina 4/2002, 5/2005
1 weekend in Santa Barbara 4/2007
Cathy Quiel - 11 day trip with 23 watercolorist to Lake Como/Venice, Italy 6/2006

AWARDS

Grumbacher Award – Best in Show Andover, Massachusetts
Honorable mention – Arlington Art Association

SHOWS

Art in the Park Andover, Massachusetts ’88
Gallery 113 – Santa Barbara, CA mezzanine 10/2004, 7/2005
Artist of the Month “Visions of Reality” 8/2007
Santa Barbara Natural History Museum Annual Festival of Art – Juried Indoor Featured Artist section –2005, 2006
Gallery Ten-Twenty-Nine - “Women with Paint” 11/30/2006 – 2/19/2007
Gallery Ten-Twenty-Nine - Italian Memoirs” 3/1/2007 – 6/17/2007
Semana Nautica Juried Show - 2007

MEMBERSHIPS

Arlington Art Association member from 1975 through 1980
Santa Barbara Art Association – currently active since 1993
SCAPE Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment - currently active since 2005
Women with Paint – critique group currently active since 2004

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