I have been an oil painter for 60 years, although I occasionally work in acrylics and watercolours. Over the years, I have experimented with portraits, still-lives, and landscapes while moving gradually toward abstract impressionism. In the last 25 years, I also found new expression with monotype printmaking.
As a youth, I attended the Vesper George Art School in Boston, Massachusetts and was mentored by Cape Cod Artist Henry Hensche. Later, I attended the Museum School in Boston. I lived with my husband for many years in Massachusetts and raised three boys.
In 2000, I visited and fell in love with Nova Scotia and subsequently purchased a home near Guysborough. As an artist, my first love is oils. I never tire of the application, the layering, and the tones; the medium offers endless exploration. I often work from photographs–gathered in my travels in the U.S., Europe, and Canada–working through sketches to drafts that may hang in my studio for months or years until a final image emerges.
My work has been shown consistently in galleries and small museums in the New England area and, more recently, in shows in Antigonish, Guysborough, and Halifax.
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Which ’hood are you in?
Marshall Point, in Guysborough County
What do you do?
My studio is my playground. I have my easel, my palette, scores of brushes and messy tubes of paint. My monotype printing press stands close by. Large windows look out over Chedabucto Bay and the ubiquitous spruce, lupins, and bald eagles. You’ll also find a library of art books, stacks of drawing paper, canvases, frames, and other tools. It’s messy. The walls are covered with paintings, large and small, where I can view them and consider updates and adjustments.
What are you currently working on?
I have maybe 8 paintings currently in development, including 3-4 portraits and several landscapes. Most of my work is small or medium-sized, which I find is more accessible and affordable in this rural neck of the woods.
Where can we find your work?
