Monday, July 21, 2025
Opening Reception at Meeting House Gallery
Monday, June 16, 2025
Botanically Speaking Art Exhibit
This Friday, June 20th, BOTANICALLY SPEAKING will open at the Meeting House Gallery in New Marlborough, MA. I am excited to be exhibiting along with these other amazing artists. The art reception is on June 20th from 5-7 PM and I'd love to see you if you are in the area. Otherwise, here are the paintings I will be showing.
Gallery hours are on Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00-4:00 running 6/20-7/20. I will be gallery sitting on July 12th from 11:00 - 1:00, in case you want to pop in.
The Meeting House Gallery, New Marlborough
Route 57 on the Green, New Marlborough, MA
Friday, April 25, 2025
Collage experiments
I've been a bit obsessed with creating gelli print collage papers, as you may have noticed. The thing is that it's so much fun creating these papers that my focus on finishing a painting diminished. So to remedy this, I created an experiment. First I made four paintings in watercolor. Then I collaged two of them with gelli print papers I had on hand. The watercolors feel more serene to me, while the collaged pieces are more vibrant.
I realized I need more variety of gelli print papers to choose from or I could create papers after I finish a painting. Maybe it's a combination of both in the world of creating paper paintings. Imagine the different vibes one could achieve depending on the papers chosen.
Friday, January 3, 2025
Welcome 2025!
A new year brings fresh ideas and dreams to the forefront. Where do I want my art to take me? What previously unexplored direction shall I go in this year? Lots to explore. So I've been pondering as I color mandalas, which is my number two favorite way to let ideas percolate in these matters. My number one way is walking in nature, but it's too cold this morning - maybe later.
I finished this large painting in November and there's another one that's a work in progress. I used heavy body acrylics, which is not my usual medium, but I wanted to try something different. I may always be a watercolorist at heart, but who knows? What's similar in each is the upward focus. While I'm not sure either painting will be part of the new series, they are the inspiration behind "Look Up!" For this series I will consider anything you can see when you look up - trees, sun, moon, birds, butterflies, buildings, clouds, mountain tops, UFOs, airplanes, literally anything. It should be a fun multi-media journey. No rules!
Saturday, April 20, 2024
The 100 Day Project 2024
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Favorite Member Shows
I love this time of year for so many reasons, not the least of which is that my favorite arts organizations hold their member shows this time of year. It's always fun to catch up and see what people have been doing artistically over the year.
Saturday, March 18, 2023
The 100 Day Project 2023
There are a million reasons to participate in The 100 Day Project. Some years I have used this time to focus on themes like gratitude or serenity as I paint, but this year my focus is to build skills. The "why" may change throughout the journey, but being part of this global community is my #1 reason to join in each year!
Here are a few pages from this year's project from my art journal. I found the Treasury of Flower Designs For Artists, Embroiders and Craftsmen by Susan Gaber in my new favorite used bookstore, Rodgers Book Barn. I am inspired by her drawings as a starting point and then I dream up a painting palette for each one.
Saturday, November 5, 2022
Holiday Market
This is one of the warmest and most beautiful autumns I can ever remember in upstate New York and I've been enjoying it fully. While it feels like late summer, time marches on and now we are at the end of the first week of November. Surprise! This time of year brings so many member shows for artists in my area. So in addition to preparing for all these shows - which I love because it's all about art and community, this year I am participating in a Holiday Makers Market.
I'll be offering art cards, mini journals, key chains and silver necklaces along with a selection of small paintings. The Holiday Market is happening at Arlene's Artist Materials on November 19, 2022.
Friday, June 24, 2022
My Secret Garden
My Secret Garden opens June 29th at the Clifton Park-Half Moon Public Library. This solo exhibit was created to hang right outside the Children's Library for the month of July.
The series was inspired by memories of long summer days spent lying in the grass, looking for fairies and reading stacks of library books in the garden with my young daughters. Everything seemed so vibrant and magical in the garden and that’s the feeling I want to evoke with these paintings.
Using watercolors, fluid acrylics, collage papers
and ink I created whimsical and playful flowers hoping to delight children of
all ages. All works are on watercolor paper, two with a gesso base. For each
painting I used a minimum of two mediums and several have all four.
Can’t you just imagine the fairies and gnomes that would be hiding in a garden like this?
These are just two of the paintings in My Secret Garden series.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Springtime Once Again
This time of year springs alive for me with all things art centered. So many ideas have been percolating, images floating through my mind and colors tugging at my wintered soul. Exhibits are finalized, website is cleaned up a little and my project book is over flowing. There have already been two group shows and more are lined up. I'm working on paintings for my solo show through Saratoga Arts this summer. Stay tuned for more info on that.
Happy Spring my friends; let's bloom brightly this year!