2025
I have the privilege to have my second solo show at Studio Gallery June 18th to July 12th, 2025.
Exploring the Fleeting Moments of Nature. Forty paintings reflect the quickly changing landscapes with fiery skies, storms, and seasonal colors. I would like to share with the viewer the solace and awe I receive from my experience with nature and the gratitude that I feel experiencing this beautiful world.
2024
This year I had a booth at the Honey Harvest Festival in Great Falls, VA. At the end of the show I traded my small bee paintings for honey. I had a duo show at Studio Gallery. I had work displayed in several galleries in the DC area and participated in the Kensington Paint the Town event over Labor Day Weekend. In December I had work
displayed at Broadway Gallery in Alexandria, VA and Great Falls, VA. This year, 2025, I prepare for a spring solo show at Studio Gallery. I continue to plein air paint and take local classes in figure drawing and pottery.
2023
I have had several solo shows this year. Each show pushes me as an artist. I love the challenge and the immersion into the process that a deadline provides. I was honored to be chosen to show 20 pieces of my work at the Women's National Democratic Club in a show called "Nature and the Soul" and I have just hung my second show at Studio Gallery called "Society of Solitude". Both shows reflect my relationship with nature and the solitude and peace I receive with these encounters. Early fall I had a show called "Roots" at the Yellow Barn Gallery in Glen Echo, MD.
I was also proud to showcase my paintings in my own tent at the juried MPAartfest on 10/1/23 in Central Park, McLean, VA. A big thank you to all my supporters.
2022
This year, I have painted trees as portraits. Trees have an individual story. They are silent witnesses to the human experience and changing world. They watch generations walk beneath their limbs. In my series Shape of Time I have been leaving out the background and focusing on one tree. Around my home and in my wanderings, there are trees that have stopped me in my tracks because of the powerful visual and emotional impact they convey. It might be their spring blossoms, fall foliage, twisted limbs, or white bark, that speak to me. These trees were experienced by the people who walked under their boughs hundred of years ago and (with proper care) will be experienced for generations into the future.
2021
Growing up, I was fortunate to spend my summers camping, fishing, hiking, swimming and boating in the upper Midwest. Those experiences - the sunsets, storms, rooted trails and the wind through swaying branches - were my introduction to a lifelong connection to nature. Forty years later, I still try to experience and convey the beauty of nature. I continued this exploration into the woods as an adult with my own children, from exploring National Parks to dog walks along neighborhood creeks. I take the time to observe the details of roots, branches, water, skies, grey winter landscapes, warm foliage of autumn trees, and cool repetition of ocean waves and sea grass. The harmony and balance of a nature surround me, and I am reminded of its life-giving force and the need for its continued protection. I try to capture and share this sense of wonder with my viewer.
I paint trees in a realistic, plein air, and in an abstract style. I paint in oil, acrylic, and pastels. I am drawn to trees without their leaves in the winter months where you can see the branches and roots intertwined. My palette ranges from warm earth tones to cool greys.
2019
I was blessed during our covid years to be able to paint and take walks in the woods.
2018
A one-year painting sabatical.
I have the privilege to have my second solo show at Studio Gallery June 18th to July 12th, 2025.
Exploring the Fleeting Moments of Nature. Forty paintings reflect the quickly changing landscapes with fiery skies, storms, and seasonal colors. I would like to share with the viewer the solace and awe I receive from my experience with nature and the gratitude that I feel experiencing this beautiful world.
2024
This year I had a booth at the Honey Harvest Festival in Great Falls, VA. At the end of the show I traded my small bee paintings for honey. I had a duo show at Studio Gallery. I had work displayed in several galleries in the DC area and participated in the Kensington Paint the Town event over Labor Day Weekend. In December I had work
displayed at Broadway Gallery in Alexandria, VA and Great Falls, VA. This year, 2025, I prepare for a spring solo show at Studio Gallery. I continue to plein air paint and take local classes in figure drawing and pottery.
2023
I have had several solo shows this year. Each show pushes me as an artist. I love the challenge and the immersion into the process that a deadline provides. I was honored to be chosen to show 20 pieces of my work at the Women's National Democratic Club in a show called "Nature and the Soul" and I have just hung my second show at Studio Gallery called "Society of Solitude". Both shows reflect my relationship with nature and the solitude and peace I receive with these encounters. Early fall I had a show called "Roots" at the Yellow Barn Gallery in Glen Echo, MD.
I was also proud to showcase my paintings in my own tent at the juried MPAartfest on 10/1/23 in Central Park, McLean, VA. A big thank you to all my supporters.
2022
This year, I have painted trees as portraits. Trees have an individual story. They are silent witnesses to the human experience and changing world. They watch generations walk beneath their limbs. In my series Shape of Time I have been leaving out the background and focusing on one tree. Around my home and in my wanderings, there are trees that have stopped me in my tracks because of the powerful visual and emotional impact they convey. It might be their spring blossoms, fall foliage, twisted limbs, or white bark, that speak to me. These trees were experienced by the people who walked under their boughs hundred of years ago and (with proper care) will be experienced for generations into the future.
2021
Growing up, I was fortunate to spend my summers camping, fishing, hiking, swimming and boating in the upper Midwest. Those experiences - the sunsets, storms, rooted trails and the wind through swaying branches - were my introduction to a lifelong connection to nature. Forty years later, I still try to experience and convey the beauty of nature. I continued this exploration into the woods as an adult with my own children, from exploring National Parks to dog walks along neighborhood creeks. I take the time to observe the details of roots, branches, water, skies, grey winter landscapes, warm foliage of autumn trees, and cool repetition of ocean waves and sea grass. The harmony and balance of a nature surround me, and I am reminded of its life-giving force and the need for its continued protection. I try to capture and share this sense of wonder with my viewer.
I paint trees in a realistic, plein air, and in an abstract style. I paint in oil, acrylic, and pastels. I am drawn to trees without their leaves in the winter months where you can see the branches and roots intertwined. My palette ranges from warm earth tones to cool greys.
2019
I was blessed during our covid years to be able to paint and take walks in the woods.
2018
A one-year painting sabatical.