Artist Statement and Bio (2025)
When I paint, I lose myself in the act of creation, in the selection of bright colors, and in the vivid forms that emerge from my imagination. I have always enjoyed creating new works, beginning with oil portraits of family members, then jewelry making, stained glass works, painting furniture, and faux walls for Newport RI residents. I sought out mentors and teachers to learn techniques and to explore color and form in my studio in Providence, RI.
I live and work full-time as an artist. I have exhibited in several galleries in New England, including Gallery Z, Studio Z, (Providence, RI), Hope Gallery (Bristol, RI), Mill Gallery (Pawtucket), Art Space and Time Gallery (online gallery where I received an honorary award), and at high-end contemporary interior design showrooms like Summer Thornton Design and BlythebyDesign, and in online magazines like Houzz.com. My painting “Lips” was selected by the Santa Fe Opera Company to be the official portrait for their production of “Carmen” in 2014, and was featured in Crescendo: The Magazine of the Santa Fe Opera Company..
While I am largely self-taught, with courses taken in Barrington, Newport and Providence, RI, I find myself attracted to the discovery of color and form in abstract expressionism. I find that I have instinctively followed an abstract expressionist approach, and I have never been concerned with line. My paintings create a bold statement yet demonstrate a classic style. In my studio, I am constantly changing my mind about this color, that form, or the location of this object here or there.
I am often drawn to the landscape as a starting point, or, alternatively, to the human figure in its basic form surrounded by color, light, movement, depth and emotion. For me, inspiration comes from many sources in the real world, and in the visual imagination of those who have gone before me.
SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES
Featured Artist at "Sugar Does Boston" A night of collective artistry supporting emerging and underground female talent! www.sugarartandfashionshow.com. Presented by MadGirl Productions, June 19, 2013 @ UNDERBAR, 275 Tremont Street
Art piece "Lips" featured in CRESCENDO: The magazine of the Santa Fe Opera, Fall 2013
Two paintings featured in Houzz Magazine, August 14, 2014
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
RI Home Show Artists Vendor 2/2013
Featured Artist at Raveis Realty, East Greenwich Gallery 6/1/2013-8/1/2013
Narragansett Art Festival 2013, 2014
Attended three day workshops lead by abstract artist Robert Burridge sponsored by Holbein Paint
8/1-8/4 2013
Vendor at Scituate Art Festival 2013, 2014, and 2015
Vendor at Wickford Fine Art Festival 2014, 2015
Vendor at Providence Seafood Festival 9/7-9/8/2013
Exhibiting in Holiday Exhibit at The Coastal Gallery, Wickford, RI. 11/08-1/02-2014, 2015
Exhibiting in Small Picture Sale at Mill Gallery, Pawtucket, RI. 11/01-1/02-2014
Exhibiting at Gallery Z, Providence, RI 2013, 2014, 2015
Exhibiting at Mill Gallery "Red" Exhibit 1/6-2/7/14
2015 Award winning artist Abstract Online Gallery, Light Space and Time
Exhibiting at Studio Z, Providence, RI, current
Exhibiting at Gallery Z, Providence, RI 3/10-4/2 2016
Exhibiting at Art League of RI, 2016
Exhibiting at Blu Egg Interiors, Miami, Florida present
Exhibiting at Ink Block, Boston, MA 2016
Exhibiting at Greenway Open Market, Boston, MA 2017
Studied in Ireland under Pauline Agnew 2017
Studied in Spain under Martin Campos (PAFA) 2018
First Place award winning artist for ALRI CSF Symposium Exhibit, Providence, RI 2018
Upcoming solo show at the gallery of Brown University’s Albert Medical School, 2019
Artfield 2021 Artist, Lake City, SC
Open Studios MAC 2019-2023
Anderson, SC Art Show 2023
Featured Artist at the Hotel Hartness, Greenville, SC 2023
