The making of art is a holy process...

I trust the process of dipping brush into color, touching the white canvas knowing that a new creation will emerge. Creation, for me, involves expression, craft and inspiration. I draw from myself, being fully present and alive. The experience of thirty years of learning about color, composition, rhythm the craft has formed my craft. The making of art is a holy process that involves my collaboration with the Divine Spirit within so that art will touch others and awaken them to their own Muse.

I gather inspiration from Giotto, Kandinsky, Gauguin, Chagall, Matisse and Kollwitz. My philosophy of art is influenced deeply by Hans Hofmann’s teachings in Provincetown and my explorations in Italy.

I delight in using color, form, and rhythm to bring energy and resolve tension as I render the landscapes of Cape Cod, create abstracts of the inner landscape, and form figures within a landscape. My paintings are a “landscape of the imagination” beckoning viewers to sense their own imagination.

Love of jazz permeates my soul. I filled a 2008 Calendar with images to celebrate twelve Great Ladies of Jazz, painting them as I responded with joy to their music: Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and others. The portraits of these women capture the soul of their gift and their struggle as African-American women. The paradox of their legacy is beauty in the midst of pain. Joy and struggle, extremes touch each other.

In the book Walking with Grief: A Healing Journey I illustrated with 21 paintings Nanette Geertz’s prose poem on loss and the healing process. Walking with Grief can be ordered through this website.

Education
Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA, 2000-2002
Icon Workshops, New York, NY, 2002 & 2005
Castle Hill Center for the Arts, Truro, MA, 1992-1998
Florence, Italy - University of N. Colorado Graduate Studies, 1974
Emmanuel College, Boston, MA, - B.A. in Art, 1974
California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA - 1970 & 1973

Selected Exhibitions
“Ladies of Jazz” Invitational, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, 2008
“Walking with Grief” Paintings, Providence Gallery Night, 2008
“Spring Showings” Centennial Gallery, Peabody, MA 2007
Provincetown Art Association, Juried Members, Provincetown, MA 2006/2005
“Art Walk,” Portland, Maine 2005
“End of the Season,” Two Marlborough Street Gallery, Newport, RI 2004
“Walking with Grief,” Andover-Newton Theological School, Newton, MA 2003
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Juried, Dennis, MA 2003
Elizabeth Rowley Gallery, Dennis, MA 1999-2001