I am a Cincinnati based artist   who has been painting and working in mixed media   with a passion for color for   the past 10 years.    The intention of my  work is to give voice to the soul's journey and the value of every individual while   straddling both  figurative work, assemblage and abstract expressionism.     

My  figurative  work is an exploration of the divine feminine and the challenges women face in today's   continuing   patriarchal   society.      In addition,  because  no individual can be   defined simply and   and put into a box or category, I  have chosen to expand each figurative piece  beyond the canvas using   collected  and found materials.

In 2023, I began pushing  myself further into the   exploration and development of installation work and am excited to see where this work will take me next.


MY JOURNEY

*  From the  prairies of Saskatchewan to the shores of southern Lake Michigan, my life journey has me now living in Cincinnati, Ohio.  
* While I studied art in undergrad,  I accepted the the  pressures and "common wisdom" that no one  really makes a living making art and ended up pursuing a career first in Mental Health and then in  Higher Education.
* Still, art has  always had my heart . As I journeyed through 2 marriages, trauma,   self doubt, perfectionism, breast cancer    and  the need to please,   I lugged my art supplies and easel from home to home   turned again and again to art.     Through art I  learned to play and to release self judgment.  In time, I   found my voice and my truest self, as well as a never-ending opportunity for  learning, evolution and growth.

MY  ART HISTORY

2023         Installation:  Altar to the Divine Feminine,  Grand Rapids Art Prize , MI
2023       Juried Group Show.         Ohio Artist  Registry  Exhibition,    Columbus , OH
2022         Solo Show                                        Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati OH
2022       Juried Group Show            Pour-d, Rockford, MI
2021         Best of Show   Award       Golden Ticket Juried   Show
                                                                                                       Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati , OH
2019           Final Friday shows             Pendleton  Art Center       Cincinnati, OH              
2018         Solo Show                                          Lydia's on Ludlow                      Cincinnati,   OH

2017         Solo Show                                            Lydia's on Ludlow                        Cincinnati   OH
2016        Solo Show                                          Coffee Amici                                      Findlay,   OH

2016         Solo Show                                           The Wine Merchant              Findlay,  OH
2015         Juried  Group  Show             Fifth/Third Bank and Warner, Norcross  & Judd    - Grand Rapids Art                                                                                                          Prize          Grand Rapids,  MI

2012         Juried  Group Show             The Ohio Arts Council & Columbus Metropolitan Library                                                                                                                                            Columbus,  OH
2007       Juried  Group Show              Veridian  Gallery                           New York,  NY
A Long Time Ago:                                           BA in Art and Psychology,   Grand Valley State University,  MI
                                                                                                       MA  in Counseling Psychology, Western MI University