For a long time I have been interested in how different people and different creatures see life. The UV-reactive paints that I use demonstrate this. The artworks in this series are created to look interesting in any normal light, as well as with black lights and also in the dark of night. Some of the paints I use soak up sunlight and then glow at night. Others intensify with the use of black lights, either bulbs or flashlights. (blacklight flashlight provided with purchase of art).
This small assemblage painting began with the 3D form. I had created that as part of a series using glow paints. Then I started a canvas that seemed sympathetic to the 3D piece, and I decided to put them together to finish as one piece. The interior of the dimensional form looked garden-like, so I added a thin black snake the snakes its way through the canvas grass area and around and into the central garden area. The flowers are cut from foam paper, then painted with glow paint and edged.
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My earliest memory is of sitting on the floor drawing. I discovered the immense power of art when I was quite young; I drew a red horse. My older sister insisted that “you can’t draw a red horse because horses aren’t red”, but since I had already drawn it, I realized that you CAN create anything you want in art.
I attended Illinois State University for my bachelor's and master's degrees, then moved to New York City, where I exhibited for 8 years in many underground exhibitions. I operated a studio/gallery in Frenchtown, NJ for several years and have lived and worked in Ewing, NJ since closing that in 1990. I have widely exhibited in solo, juried, and invitational exhibitions in the tri-state area including The Ellarslie Museum, The Hunterdon Art Museum, The Gallery at MCCC, The Monmouth Museum, The Freyberger Gallery at Penn State, and Rider University Art Gallery.
I am a member of The Princeton Artists Alliance, Trenton Artists Workshop, Ewing Arts, New Hope Arts, and ROOTS Artist Alliance as well as DVP/US1 Poets.
I have been a featured speaker at the Monroe Art Series and the Hopewell Arts Council’s Arts Connect series. One of my sculptures will appear on the cover of the next COOL WOMEN POETS ANTHOLOGY. I often write poems which accompany my visual artwork, and this year’s DVP/US1 Worksheets anthology includes one of my poems. I have 3 artworks in the collection of Rider University. I currently work from a renovated garage studio at my home.
My work is created in mixed media and is inspired by nature, language, and earth literacy.
