I grew up in the home that my great grandfather designed and built in Concord Ma.  An unorthodox Victorian home with oval rooms, curved windows, hidden spaces, full of family relics; a place that sparked magical thinking. In the front yard were a beautiful copper beech and silver maple whose carved bark displayed ancestral names.

My mother’s extended family is from Westport. We spent our summers in a home that floated to its current destination in the ‘38 hurricane on my grandparent’s property. Family mythology was and is abundant. Always aware of early and present time and whose footsteps we might be tracing.

I graduated from UMass Amherst with a BFA in ceramics, followed by an MFA at Rhode Island School of Design. My art work began as three -dimensional clay work, painted with brilliant color and patterns. Evolution moved me to two-dimensional work on paper and settled on my present examination and interpretation of trees. Forest tromping in search of a tree that stood out was wanderlust for me. 

My work has been shown in many 1 and 2 person exhibitions throughout New England and nationally. I taught workshops in Bratislava, Slovakia through RISD, been awarded several faculty development grants, received Massachusetts council grants, lectured on the history of boats and biomimicry. 

I’ve been teaching at RISD’s foundation program, spatial dynamics since graduating. My assignments have ranged from wood sled making, large functional cardboard boats, to building wood egg tools that pick up, crack and beat eggs. 

My husband and I built a home in Dartmouth that houses 2 studios. Our artwork is intermingled with our sprawling garden, maze meadows and the beginnings of a small arboretum. Each new tree becomes an inspiration for my next artwork. The variations are endless. 

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