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I revisited my love of drawing and painting in 2006 after raising two wonderful boys and watching them leave the nest. Largely self-taught I fell in love with pastels. Once I saw the vast selection of brilliant colors, I was hooked. For the first time in my life I needed to paint, like I needed air. I became obsessed with learning and purchased books, CD’s, and magazines so that I could see what made a painting beautiful and successful. I discovered the world of plein air painting, and the style and immediacy of sensory reaction to light and air. And, again, I was hooked. Though my paintings do not always look like the image before me, I must admit that I am more concerned with color and light and how my paintings make me feel, and hopefully how they make the viewer feel, then whether or not I have achieved a snapshot of the location. I want to capture the moment, not the view.
Though I am still a prisoner of the capitalist world, I yearn for the day that I can paint to my hearts content on a daily basis, and I strive to make each new painting better than the last. I equate the feeling to searching for the perfect wave.
Education/Training:
B.A. in Urban Studies from Rutgers University, A.A. from Brookdale, CC, in Graphic Design. Workshops and private lessons with Master Pastelist Brooke Allison, and PSA signature members Marge Levine and Stan Sperlak. Other artistic influences: the Masters, all of the Impressionists, and Sargent, Homer, and Gruppe. |
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Galleries:
The Artful Deposit in Bordentown, NJ
Awards:
Pastel Journal’s Pastel 100 Honorable Mention
April 2011 issue, Artist Magazine 2011 Finalist
December 2011 issue; 2010 Bayonet Farms - Best Use of Light
2007 Top Award of Excellence Tampa Bay Possibilities in Pastels
2nd Place 2008/3rd Place 2007 Annual NJPPS Show
Sovereign Bank Award - 1st Annual NJ Open Juried Pastel Show at the Guild of Creative Art
Associations:
Pastel Society of America
Degas Pastel Society
Tampa Bay Pastel Society
Plein Air Painters of the Jersey Coast
Monmouth County Arts Council
IAPS
New Jersey Pastel Painters Society
Belmar Arts Council
Guild of Creative Art
Paint Outs:
Bayonet Farms (2010)
Second Annual Hammonton Paint Out (2011)
Publications:
Finalist “Artist Magazine” December 2011
Featured artist in Princeton Packet article “Art Show: The Artful Deposit: Celebrating 25 Years” July 6, 2011
Pastel Journal April Issue - Pastel 100 Honorable Mention.
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Exhibits:
“A Sense of Place” Verde Gallery, Kingston, NJ (2011)
“25 Years of the Artful Deposit,” Trenton City Museum, Ellarslie Mansion,
(July 2011)
“Possibilities in Pastels” Dunedin Arts Center, FL (2011, Postcard cover)
2nd Annual Hammonton Paint Out (Juried), Noyes Museum at Hammonton (2011)
7th Annual Juried show, Belmar Arts Council, Belmar, NJ (2011)
“Winter Delights: Annual Member Show,” Plein Air Painters of the Jersey Coast, Middletown Arts Center, Middletown, NJ (2010)
“Bayonet Farms Juried and Plein Air Arts Festival” Holmdel, NJ (2010)
NJPPS “Annual Open Juried Exhibition” (2010)
“The New Jersey Chapter American Artists Professional League” (Juried) (2010)
4th Annual Juried Show, Belmar Arts Council, Belmar, NJ (2009)
“1st Annual NJ Open Juried Pastel Show” Guild of Creative Art (2009)
“The New Jersey Chapter American Artists Professional League” Middlesex County College (2009)
“30th Monmouth County Arts Council Juried Art Show” Lincroft, NJ (2009)
“From the Hills to the Harbor” Atlantic Artisans, Atlantic Highlands, NJ (2009)
All Members Show, Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury, NJ (2009)
“Pastel in Palm Harbor (2008) Invitation cover.
“Possibilities in Pastels II” Tampa Bay, FL (2008)
“NJPPS 2nd Annual Open Juried Exhibition (2008)
“5th Annual Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts (Juried) Show” (2008)
“The New Jersey Chapter American Artists Professional League” (Juried) (2008)
NJPPS “Flora and Fauna in Pastel” D&R Greenway Land Trust (Juried) (2008)
Exhibiting and Associate Member Show, Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury, NJ (2008)
Annual Juried Show, Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury, NJ (2008-2009-2010)
NJPPS “The First Annual Open Juried Pastel Exhibition” (2007)
NJPPS “Open Juried Exhibition at Smithville Mansion” (2007)
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