Artist's Bio and Statement

I grew up in New York and moved to the Washington, DC area more than 40 years ago. I've always been passionate about painting. I developed my skills through classes at the Washington Studio School, the Yellow Barn, and online, and studied other artists' work in museums, galleries, and publications. I painted regularly during my career as a lawyer, as time allowed. Since retiring in 2021, I've been able to focus on painting.

I work in acrylics and other watermedia, creating landscapes, still lifes, and florals. More recently, I've also been exploring figurative work. Because I am endlessly intrigued by the way marks on a surface can convey objects in the world, my paintings are largely representational, but the representational elements are combined, in varying degrees, with experiments in color or composition, and with areas that are abstracted or invented. The works are built up slowly over time, and every stroke is an experiment. I aim for paintings that make an immediate impact but also repay longer consideration.

The initial inspiration for a landscape painting can be a view from my travels or a scene from around the corner. My still lifes are most often based on groups of objects I've come across rather than set-ups created in the studio. What attracts me to any subject is a strong arrangement of color, shape, and light, which I then seek to translate and heighten by the choices I make in paint. I want my work to convey both the visual interest I see in the world and my fascination with the painted surface.

In July 2024, I was part of the two-person exhibit "Next Venture" at Gallery B in Bethesda, MD. My work has been accepted into a number of shows, including the Anne Arundel Community College 2026 National Juried Exhibit ("Green"); Falls Church Art Gallery's 2026 show "Joy"; the 2025 multi-venue exhibit "Women Artists of the DMV" (at Pyramid Atlantic); Foundry Gallery's 2025 Artist's Choice show; “Frame the Lawyers 2025” at American University Law School; and the juried Members' Shows at the Yellow Barn Studio in 2021, 2022, and 2023 (Honorable Mention 2022). My paintings are also in a number of private collections.

I am a member of Studio B, a shared studio and exhibit space in downtown Bethesda, MD.