I decided to be an Artist when I was 8 yrs old. My Aunt took me to my first Museum visit. It was an Ethnographic survey of the Art of the South Pacific. I will never forget the power of the work. I realized then how the elements of art have the ability to move us. Possibly this is the reason I have always favored Abstraction. I believe Art is a Language like any other, and it's vocabulary of elements carry as much meaning as words in another,.
I attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Montclair State University and NYU I have a BA and an MA in Psychology. I have lived many places and had many interesting jobs in my lifetime which shaped my view of the world and my place in it. I spent a great deal of my work life trying to understand human motivation and raise the quality of life for others. Throughout this time I never stopped making Art. Sometimes this work involved creating large, usually temporary, work for Summer Sculpture Gardens at Universities, Museums and other Public Institutions. When I was free from other responsibilities and became a widow, I was finally able to become a full time artist. I did a 3 month residency in Berlin and fell in love with the City. I subsequently visited several more times and eventually moved here. I have never been happier, I live like a Monk and go to my studio every day. I organize a Life Model Drawing Group, because I love drawing and drawing Form is inspirational.
