I am a painter, potter, sculptor, and art educator. I graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Sculpture and an MFA in Painting from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. I have lived in the south coast of Massachusetts most of my life and love being out in nature. My work is informed by this beautiful coastal environment and the natural objects I encounter. My pockets are always full of shells and the bits I discover along my walks. Through deep observation and intimate response to the natural world, I find a bounty of inspiration for my paintings. My subject matter can often reference the human form, gesture, memory, emotion, sensuality, or simply capture the energy of a time and place. When painting, I am compelled to artiulate a fierce passion for life, female strenght, and fecundity.
Fruits, Veggies, Flowers
“Pepper Tango” (oil on canvas) 44” x 58”
“Often I am fueled by my love of the summer garden. It’s bounty and fruitfulness excites me. The garden is lush with vegetation, blossoms, tons of veggies and of course sensuous peppers. These paintings are not still life works but rather portraits, conversations, and interactions.”
“Green Pepper” (oil on panel) 10” x 10” (private collection)
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“Open Pomegrante” (oil on panel) 8” x 10” private collection
“Pepper Couple” (oil on panel) 38 x 52”
“Garlic and Citrus” (oil on linen) 14” x 16”
“Blooming to the Light” (oil on linen) 24” x 36”
“Avocado Split” (oil on panel) 11” x 14”
private collection
“Fruitful Conversation” (two panel oil on board) 50” x 92” private collection
“Full Fruit” (oil on panel) 12” x 12”
“Intimate Conversation” (oil on canvas) 36” x 48” Private collection
“Open Pomegrante” (oil on panel) 8” x 10”
private collection
“Pepper Portrait” (oil on panel) 48” x 56”
“ Dancing Dragonfruit” (oil on canvas) private collection 24” x 36”
“Primal Pomegranate” (oil on canvas 36” x 48”
“Pepper Slice” (oil) 8” x 10”
private collection
“Clemintines Peeling” (oil) 34” x 38” private collection
“Poppy Pods Bring Pleasure” (oil) 27” x 26”
“Bella Beets” (oil) 11” x 14” Private Collection
“Pepper Passion” #4 (oil) 8” x 10”
“Clemintines Coupling” (oil) 10” x 10”
“Geraniuim” (oil) 10” x 10”
“Indominable” 36”x 48” AWARD WINNER
“Tincture Eases Her Pain” encaustic collage 10” x 29”
“Dragon Fruit” (oil) 10” x 10”
“Lone Lemon” (oil) 10” x 10”
“Reclining Pepper” (oil) 8” x 10”
“Transpiration” 31” x 36” Private Collection AWARD WINNER
“Red Pepper Autopsy” (oil) 16” x 16”
“Hot Dance” 34” x 28” (oil)
“Pepper Passion #2 (oil) 8” x 10”
“Persimmons Split” (oil) 10” x 10”
“Turks Turban” Ode to Bloom 23” x 26”
“Pulsating Pomegranate” (oil) 10” x 10”
“Georgia’s Poppy” (oil)12” x 12” Private collection
Yellow Pepper” (oil) 10” x 10”
“Avocado Conversation” (oil) 10” x 10”
“Summer Nocturne” (oil) 48” x 36”
South Coast Artists 2025 AWARD WINNER
SHELLS
“Moonshell Poised” 24” x 24” (oil on canvas)
“Flaming Conch” 24” x 36” (oil)
“Quahogs” (oil) 10” x 10” private collection
“Oyster Couple” (oil on boxed panel) 40” x 54” Private Collection
“Acidification” 12” x 12” (oil) private collection
“Open Quahog” private collection
“Little Necks” private collection
“Mussel Shell Heart” private collection
“Dancer” (oil on panel) Private Collection
“Open Quahog” (oil) 8” x 8” private collection
“ Turning In” (oil) 12” x 12’ private collection
“Radiant Quahog” (oil) 16” x 16”private collection
“Sunset Conch” (oil on boxed panel) Private Collection
“A Couple of Quhogs” private collection
“Cherry Stone Conversation” (oil) 12” x 18”
“Osillating Oysters” (oil) 18” x 36” Private Collection
“Soulful Scallop” (oil) 12” x 12” Private Collection
“Every shell which speaks to me enters my psyche and provokes an inspirational spark. I am particulary drawn to the broken shell because of the beauty in the spare, broken forms which create natural abstractions and beckons the eye into internal recesses. I am also attracted to the splayed open, hinged shells, so invititing and fragile with their connective membrane.
When I work from the natural world,. I ingest this experience and then synthesize it into my own expression. My use of paint is visceral. I have an appetite for color, manipulation of paint and subject matter that grabs the eye and stirs the unconscious. It is my hope that through viewing my paintings one will enter my world and share my experiences. “
“A Couple of Cherry Stones” (oil) 16” x 20” Private Collection
SHELLS
“Quahogs” private collection
“Acidification” private collection
“Open Quahog” private collection
“Little Necks” private collection
“Mussel Shell Heart” private collection
“Dancer” (oil on panel) Private Collection
“Open Quahog” private collection
“ Turning In” private collection
“Radiant Quahog” private collection
“Sunset Conch” (oil on boxed panel) Private Collection
“A Couple of Quhogs” private collection
“Moonshell Poised” 24” x 24” (oil on canvas)
“Flaming Conch” (oil on canvas) 24” x 36”
“Cherry Stones Communing” 18” x 24” (oil)
“Osillating Oysters” (oil) 20” x 36” Private Collection
“Oyster Couple” (oil on boxed panel) 40” x 54” Private Collection
“Scallop Eroding” (oil) 12” x 12” Private Collection
“Every shell which speaks to me enters my psyche and provokes an inspirational spark. I am particulary drawn to the broken shell because of the beauty in the spare, broken forms which create natural abstractions and beckons the eye into internal recesses. I am also attracted to the splayed open, hinged shells, so invititing and fragile with their connective membrane.
When I work from the natural world,. I ingest this experience and then synthesize it into my own expression. My use of paint is visceral. I have an appetite for color, manipulation of paint and subject matter that grabs the eye and stirs the unconscious. It is my hope that through viewing my paintings one will enter my world and share my experiences. “
“A Bunch of Cherry Stones” (oil) 12” x 14” Private Collection
Plein air Landscapes and Seascapes
“Plein air painting is invigorating. To be out in nature, chasing the movement of clouds, water, light,and vegetation is an exciting challenge. The goal is to capture the essence of what I am seeing and sensing in that place, at that time of day and season. It could be a windy, sunny, autumn day in the marsh or a quiet, misty, muggy, summer morning at the harbor. When I work from the natural world, I ingest this experience and then synthesize it into my own expressive experience with paint.”
“Catboat” (oil on canvas) 16” x 20” (private collection) “Beech Plum Summer Beach” (oil on canvas)
(private collec tion)16” x 20”
“Westport River Farm” (oil on canvas)
14” x 16”(Private Collection)
“Summer Lavender Fields” (oil on canvas)
(private collection)14” x 16”
“Mattapoisett Marsh” 12” x 16” (oil) Private Collection
“Autumn at Little Bay” 12” x 16” (oil)
“Night Walk” (oil) 10” x 14” (oil) Private Collection
“P Town House” (oil) 18” x 14” Private Collection
“Windy Essex” (oil) 11” x 14”
“Marion Family Cove” (oil) 16” x 24” Private Collection
“Brookline Night” (oil and oil pastel) 8” x 10”
“Umbrian Terrrace” (oil) 16” x 16”
“Osprey Nest” (oil) 10” x 12”
“Emotionscape #3” (oil) 4” x 10”
“Emotionscape #6” (oil) 4” x 10” Private Collection
“Rockport Morning” (oil) 11” x 14”
Private Collection
“Sakonnet Garden Light” (oil) 10” x 12”
“Rose Cottage” 18” x 24” (oil) Private Collection
“Brookline Winter Night” (oil and oil pastel) 8” x 10”
“Summer Nocturne” (oil) 48” x 36” SCA AWARD WINNER
“Com Ave Night” (oil and oil pastel) 8” x 10”
“Emotionscape #4” (oil) 4” x 10”
“Emotionscape #8” (oil) 4” x 10”
“Osprey Nest Marsh Marion” (oil) 11” x 14”
“Marshall Morning” (oil) 10” x 12” Private Collection
“Truro Dunes” (oil) 16” x 20”
