Occupation: Painter Media: Acrylic, Mixed media. Born Brooklyn, New York.
Education New Jersey Center Visual Arts, with Philip Sherrod, spec accreditation. Syracuse Univ. Shrewsbury Art Guild, with Georgette Pettit.
Exhibitions Painting Today, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ, 91; Imaging/Aging, Bucknell Univ, 92; Ellarslie Open XI, Trenton Mus, New Jersey, 92 ; Solo Exhibs: Monmouth Univ, West Long Branch, New Jersey, 94; Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2002; Atlantic City Art Center, New Jersey, 2007; Selected Juried Exhibs: Flim Flam & Fins, Clymer Mus, Ellensburg, West Virginia, 96; Masur Mus, Monroe, La, 2002; Noyes Mus, Oceanville, New Jersey, 2007; Int Society Acrylic Painters, 2008.
Bibliography Numerous reviews, Artspeak, 90; Renee Philips (author), Artists of the 90s, Manhattan Arts, 91; Paul Haupt (author), Breathing Life Into Canvas, The Herald, 93; Abstract Artist Takes the Inside Track to Discovery, Sandpaper, 18, 10/2006; Julie Basello-Holt (author), Color Your World, Fusion Mag, 2006.
Publications Life's Tango, CD cover, Rae Perrigo, Toronto, 2000; Tulane Univ Ann Literary Rev, Vol XII, New Orleans, 2000; background art for video: Impact of Disaster on Children in our Schools: A Program for School Nurses, Rutgers Univ, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical, 2002.
Honors and Awards Best in Show, 36th Regional Juried, Hudson Artists, 89; Hon Mention, Bergen Mus Arts & Sci, 89; Award of Merit, Int Cover Art Competition, Manhattan Arts, 95; Best in Show, N California Arts Int Juried Show, 2000; Best Art, Tulane Univ Literary Review, 2000; Townsend Award, Art Alliance, Red Bank, New Jersey, 2002; Merion Award, 3rd St Gallery, Philadelphia, 2002; Daler-Rowney Award, Int Society Acrylic Painters, 11th Int Exhib, 2008; First Place Award, Park Ave Club, Florham Park, New Jersey, 2008.
Memberships Nat Association Women Artists; Soc Experimental Artists; New York Artists Equity Association; Org Independent Artists; Nat Women's Caucus for Art; Shrewsbury Art Guild; Art Alliance; Ocean Co Artists Guild; Sig member, Noyes Mus Art, Oceanville, New Jersey; Sig member, Int Society Acrylic Painters.
Gallery Speciality Contemporary, abstraction.
Areas of Interest Music, reading, the ocean.
Dealers MT Burton Gallery Surf City New Jersey; Creative Genius Medford New Jersey; East End Gallery Margate New Jersey; Soma Gallery Cape May New Jersey; Off Main Gallery Medford New Jersey.