My interest in art began at a very early age. In grade school, I would look forward to Friday afternoon, as that was the designated time for “art”. Not having had the opportunity to pursue a formal education in art, I studied with Merrimack Valley area artist Guy Pennisi and later attended a year of evening semesters at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA.
Off and on during the following years while raising a family, I enjoyed various forms of art. Decorative painting was a fascinating area and I taught a beginners class for two years. Through Adult Education programs, pursued drawing and perspective with Salem, NH area artist, Lynn Karam; watercolor with Salem, NH area artist, Marcia Harris and at the Essex Art Center, watercolor with Bruce Weiner; watercolor seminar with Jeremiah Patterson at the Sharon Arts Center, Sharon, NH.
As the desire to pursue painting became more intense, I left full-time employment to learn, expand and enjoy fine art and different mediums. I studied drawing, oil and acrylic painting, with NH area artist Susan Kneeland; still life and portraiture with Copley Master, Mark Hayden; as well as group workshops in drawing and painting. A summer workshop in oil portraiture with Daniel Greene, in North Salem, NY. was very inspiring. Most currently, studied design and watercolor with Beth Patterson, MWS, NWS, WW. Workshops and seminars are ongoing.
I hold memberships in New Hampshire Artists Association, Nashua Artists Assoc., Sharon Arts Center; Sharon, NH; Greater Salem Artists Assoc.; Haverhill Art Association, Newburyport Art Association and the Arts Institute Group, Methuen, MA. Visiting art museums, attending art demonstrations and collecting books on art techniques as well as art history and the early masters are inspirational and educational.
My works have been exhibited in all these groups and have received various awards. For two consecutive years, I was invited to display works in the Boston, Massachusetts State House.
The mediums I work in are: acrylic, watercolor, charcoal. My goals are simple, to produce work that is expressive of myself, enjoyable to others in subject matter, color and form and bespeak something of the person I am.
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