Artist Statement
The artistic process begins for me when I notice a scene that touches me with its beauty or humor or personality. If I’m lucky, I can capture the moment in photos and then create a drawing that allows me to continue enjoying it and to share it with others. Often I'm attracted to people in a particular setting whose body language suggests a narrative, but the stillness of a natural setting or the drama of a sky might also speak to me.
I try for a strong composition and choose bold colors to convey the energy I experienced when I first saw my subject. The medium of colored pencil suits my style of representational art and allows me to use my favorite art tool—a pencil. I create the colors in my work by putting down one layer of pencil over another so the mixing of colors is done on the paper, not on a palette as a painter would do.
I've had works juried into various shows, most notably Colored Pencil Society International Exhibitions in TX, CA and TN where I won an Award of Excellence. Others include the Dunedin Fine Art Center (FL), Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts (VA), Arlington Arts Center (VA) and many shows at the Art League Gallery in the Torpedo Factory Arts Center (VA).
Art Résumé
Juried Group Shows * Received an Award
2012 International Exhibition of Fine Art North Bethesda, MD
in Miniature, Strathmore Mansion
2012 Sandy Springs Museum Art Gallery * Olney, MD
2011 "Colored Pencil Perceptions", Rockville, MD
Glenview Mansion
2010 "For and About Women" - FCCAVA Fredericsburg, VA
2010 Colored Pencil Society Internat’l Exhibit, Los Gatos, CA
Signature Status awarded
2010 Ratner Museum Bethesda, MD
2009 “Let There Be Light”- Art League Gallery Alexandria, VA
2008 “Personal Commentaries” – FCCAVA Fredericksburg,VA
2001-8 All-Media Membership Shows, *
Art League Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
Award – October ’07
2002-7 “Small Works” – Art League Gallery Alexandria, VA
2006 “Colored Pencil” Chestertown Art League Chestertown, MD
2006 “Human Element in Colored Pencil” Dunedin, FL
2005 “Drawing: Tradition & Innovation” Arlington, VA
2005 “Urban Life” Art League Gallery Alexandria, VA
2005,6,9 Oxford Invitational Fine Arts Show Oxford, MD
2004 Colored Pencil Society Internat’l Exhibit,* Memphis, TN
2004 “Food and Still Life” – Art League Gallery Alexandria, VA
2004 CPSA, Strathmore Hall Art Center N. Bethesda, MD
2002 Colored Pencil Soc. Internat’l Exhibition Ft. Worth, TX
2001,6 “International Landscape” Art League Alexandria, VA
Group Shows
2005 “Pen and Pencil” (poets with artists) Rockville, MD
2004 Schlessinger Arts Center, NOVA Alexandria, VA
2000-'12 Student Show (Art League School)** Alexandria, VA
Solo Shows
2008 Fine Arts Exhibition Gaithersburg, MD
Gaithersburg Arts Barn
2003 Fine Arts Exhibition - Colored Pencil Gaithersburg, MD
Kentlands Mansion
Art Education
1990 - Present Art League School Alexandria, VA
1988 - 90 Glen Echo Art Foundation Bethesda, MD
1987 - 99 Washington Studio School Washington, DC
1981-82 The New School New York, NY
1978-81 Art Students League New York, NY
Arts Affiliations
- Colored Pencil Society of America (National, Local DC 109),
CPSA Signature Member
-The Art League at the Torpedo Factory, VA
-Kentlands (MD) Film Society – Chair of Programming
-Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts. VA
