Bio:

I am a collector, but instead of objects, I collect images: photos of people and objects from old books, instructional manuals, cookbooks, and magazines.and photos that I take myself of steamrollers, Virgin Mary statuettes and skies. I see the world as potential parts of a collage – possible interesting backdrops or funky main characters. While I collect the images I also collect data: information, historical facts, news and current events. I’m a news junkie, and while some of the news makes me enraged, some news makes me see the absurdity of it all.

With all these images I create amusing yet sobering, dream-like digital collages with my favorite tool, Adobe Photoshop. I research topics and then juxtapose my own photographs, artwork and text with vintage graphics to create new realities and make comments on popular culture. I examine such issues as feminism, gender, women’s issues, politics, war, the environment and more. My goal is to entice the viewer into the piece through amusement, and then, subtly, challenge them with an underlying complex or sober comment. If I can educate or affect just one viewer to question our culture, then I feel I have accomplished my goal.

I grew up on an island in Narragansett Bay, RI which has influenced my artwork. Ocean images are prevalent in my work as well as religious and cultural icons from my childhood. For many years I painted abstract landscapes in oils and watercolor, but now find I can better express myself and my social vision digitally on the computer using my graphic design skills. I teach graphic design at Hesser College in NH, and have an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College, Plainfield VT.

Exhibits:

August 2010, Shine, Bromfield Gallery, Boston MA
June-July 2010, Flowers Interpreted, Epsom Library, Epsom NH
May 2010, A Twist of Lyme, Long River Studios, Lyme, NH**
March 2010, Art/Word: Generosity, Yamawaki Gallery, Lasell College, Newton, MA**
February-March 2010, "From the Center" Juried by Lucy Lippard, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL**
November 2009, Art Gone Green, Bunker Hill Community College, Charlestown, MA**
November 2009, January 2010, The Female Perspective, City Hall, Manchester NH
November 2009, 6x6, Paper Tree, Manchester, NH
October 2009, Hues and Views, NH Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
September 2009, Small Gems, The Derryfield School, Manchester, NH**
August 2009, Sense of (Humor), Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA**
April-June 2009, Resurgence, Emporium Gallery, South Berwick, ME**
March-May, Flowers Interpreted, Epsom Library, Epsom, NH**
February-March 2009, Do We Have Enought Stuff Yet, WREN Gallery, Bethlehem, NH*
January-February 2009, Figure it Out, NH Institute of Art, French Gallery, Manchester NH**
November-December 2008, Vision Keepers, Millbrook Gallery, Concord, NH**
November-December 2008, 6x6, Interior Additions, Concord, NH
October-November 2008, Hues and Views, WREN Gallery, Bethlehem, NH
July-October 2008, Making Her Mark, Plymouth State College, Plymouth NH**
July-August 2008, A Woman’s Place, Boston, MA**
April-June 2008, Solo Show, Emporium Gallery, South Berwick ME*
February 2008, Artist of the Month, Women’s Caucus for Art website, www.nationalwca.org **
December 2007, 6X6, Alexander Lake Design Gallery, Dover, NH
November-January, 2007, 100 Under 100, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA **
November-December, 2007, Biennial 2007, NH Institue of Art, Manchester, NH **
November, 2007, Somewhere North of Boston Film Festival, Concord, NH **
October, 2007, Fantasy, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA **
October-November 2007, In Praise of Physical Labor, Women Made Gallery, Chicago IL **
September, 2007, Peace Postcard Project, 3Ten Haustudio Gallery, Atlanta, GA
July-August, 2007, New Visions, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA **
April-May, 2007, Landscapes/Mindscapes, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA **
March-April 2007, Facets of Transformation, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA **
January-February 2007, Sham to Shame, Women Made Gallery, Chicago IL **
December 2006, 6X6, Alexander Lake Design Gallery, Dover, NH
November-Dec 2006, 100 Under 100, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA **
July-August 2006, Large and Small Works, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA **
May-June 2006, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA **
April-May, 2006, Open Doors Exhibition, South Studios, Langer Place, Manchester NH
April-May 2006, Connections and Collaborations, Library Arts Center, Newport NH
April-May 2006, Art on the Wall Juried Exhibition, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA**
Feb-March 2006, WCA New England Regional Juried Exhibit, Bunker HIll Community College, Charlestown, MA**
Feb-March 2006, Inhabiting an Expansive Terrain, Wentworth Institute of Techniology, Boston, MA**
Nov-Jan 2005-6, Images of the Virgin juried exhibit, Galleria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA **
Sept-Oct 2005, CMWCA Fall Juried Art Show, Johnson Art Gallery, Hampshire College, Hadley, MA**
Sept-Oct 2005, 6x6 Exhbibtion, Wren Gallery, Bethlehem, NH
Sept-Oct 2005, Juried Exhibition, Johnson Library Center Art Gallery, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA**
May-Sept 2005, In our Hearts & on our Minds, Thorne-Sagendorf Gallery, Keene State College, NH **
June-July 2005, Juried Exhibition, Italian American Cultural Center, Worcester, MA **
April-May 2005, Juried Exhibition, Kimball Jenkins School of Art, Concord, NH **
March-April 2005, In Response to Girl Culture, Tufts University, Medford, MA **
Feb.-March 2005, Looking Back/Facing Forward, The McIninch Gallery, SNHU, Manchester, NH**
Feb.-March 2005, Gender in Motion National Juried Exhibit, 3Ten Haustudio, Atlanta GA **
Dec-March 2004-5, Winter Solstice Show, artstream gallery, Rochester, NH
Nov-Dec 2004, University Gallery, UMASS Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA *
Nov-Jan 2004-5, Images of the Virgin juried exhibit, Galleria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA **
Oct-Nov 2004, 6x6 Invitational Show, Belknap Mill Gallery, Laconia NH
May-June 2004, Visualizing the Spirit in Nature, The Turner Group, Concord, NHDec-March 2004-5, Winter Solstice Show, artstream gallery, Rochester, NH
Nov-Dec 2004, University Gallery, UMASS Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA *
Nov-Jan 2004-5, Images of the Virgin juried exhibit, Galleria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA **
Oct-Nov 2004, 6x6 Invitational Show, Belknap Mill Gallery, Laconia NH
May-June 2004, Visualizing the Spirit in Nature, The Turner Group, Concord, NH
April-May 2004, Spring Cleaning, Juried Show, artstream gallery, Rochester, NH
Nov.-Dec. 2003, Biennial Exhibit, Juried Show, NH Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
Oct.-Nov.2003, 6x6 Invitational Show, Belknap Mill Gallery, Laconia NH
Sept-Oct.2003, Personal Icons, Franklin Pierce Law School, Concord, NH
Nov. 2002, Exploring the Natural World, Society to Protect NH Forests, Concord, NH
Oct.-Nov. 2002, Regional Juried Show, Newport Library Art Center, Newport, NH
August-Sept. 2002, Solitude of Self, Newport Library Art Center, Newport, NH
March-April 2002, 6x6 Invitational Show, Belknap Mill Gallery, Laconia NH
March-April 2002, Domestic Bliss, Juried show, Bentley College, Waltham MA
Jan-April 2002, Action/Reaction, WCA-NH Juried Show, UNH Gallery, Durham, NH
July-August 2001, WCA-NH Juried Show, New England College Gallery, Henniker, NH
May-June 2001, University Gallery, UMASS Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
May 2001, WCA group show, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
April-May 2001, Leach Library, Londonderry, NH*
February-May 200, Juried Show,101 Market Street Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
January-February 2000, For the Love of Nature, Massabesic Audubon Center, Auburn, NH
October 2000-present, The Front Room Gallery, Londonderry, NH
August 2000, Londonderry Artists Group Show, The Grange, Londonderry, NH
March 2000, Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, N. Bennington, VT
March 2000, Leach Library, Londonderry, NH*
January, 2000, The Snow Show, Greater Derry Arts Council, Derry, NH
Sept.-Nov., 1999, For the Love of Nature, Massabesic Audubon Center, Auburn, NH
September 11-12, 1999, Art in the Park, Manchester, NH
August 21, 1999, Londonderry Art Show, Perfection Framing, Londonderry, NH
June 26, 1999, Carlyle Place, Bedford NH
June-July, 1999, Venetian Canal Caffe, Manchester, NH*
May, 1999, Members Credit Union, Manchester, NH
January, 1999, The Snow Show, Greater Derry Arts Council, Derry, NH
November-December, 1998, New Hampshire Mercantile Holiday Store, Concord, NH
November, 1998, Leach Library, Londonderry, NH*
May, 1998, On My Own Time, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH March 30–April 6, Association Canado-Americaine Gallery, Manchester, NH
July–August, 1997, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Portsmouth, NH*
June–September, 1997, Blue Wave Restaurant, Boston, MA*
May–June, 1997, Art Pride II Show, Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA
May, 1997, On My Own Time, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
April, 1997, Association Canado-Americaine Gallery, Manchester, NH
June, 1996, Art Pride Show, Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA
May, 1996, On My Own Time, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
*solo shows **juried show