Education
1997 National Board Certification in Education
1993 M.A.E. Rhode Island School of Design
1968 B.A. University of Bridgeport
Solo Exhibition
2023 Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
2020 Canton Gallery on the Green
2019 Undergroud Gallery, Collinsville, CT
2017 Cornwall Library Gallery, Cornwall, CT
2017 Cornwall Bridge Gallery, Cornwall, CT
2016 Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT
2015 Underground Gallery, Collinsville, CT
2014 Artwell Gallery, Torrington, CT
2013 Atrium Gallery, Warner Theater, Torrington, CT
2013 Autumn Lights Gallery, Canton, CT
2010 Northwestern Community College, Winsted, CT
2006 Powerhouse Gallery, New Canaan, CT
2001 Unique Gallery, Westport, CT
2000 Mari Gallery, Mamaroneck, NY
1998 Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
1995 Sound Shore Gallery, Port Chester, NY
1990 Bell Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Selected Juried Exhibitions from 1986 – 2023
International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA.
Suffrage Centennial Project, Ridgefield Town Hall
he Art of Perseverance, online national exhibition
The Crow Show, San Diego, CA.
National Encaustic Wax Exhibition , Santa Fe, N.M.
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Mass
City Hall, Torrington, CT
National Encaustic Exhibition, UCONN, Stamford, CT
National Women Artists, Tunxis Community College, Farmington, CT
Seton Gallery, University of New Haven
Five Points Gallery Annex , Torrington, CT
Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Artspace, Hartford, CT
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
22 Haviland St. Gallery, Norwalk, CT
Hunt Library Gallery, Falls Village, CT
White Gallery, Lakeville, CT
Encaustic Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Gertrude White Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
Fairfield Arts Council, Fairfield, CT
Finn Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Josseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, CT
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Bridgeport, CT
UCONN Stamford Art Gallery, Stamford, CT
Azuma Gallery, SoHo, NY
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Museum of Art, Science & Industry, Bridgeport, CT
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
Atria-Architects Gallery, Hartford, CT
Fordham University, Bronx, NY
Branchville Soho, Georgetown, CT
Anderson-Marsh Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Saugatuck Gallery, Westport, CT
Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL
Sound Shore Gallery, Port Chester, NY
The Elements Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Selected Awards
2018 Mitchell Auto Group Award, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT
2017 Redline Artworks, Globally Significant Humanitarian Importance Award
2017 Jurors Award, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT
2015 First place works on paper, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT
2007 Purchase award, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Bridgeport, CT
2007 Juror’s award, Artwell Gallery, Torrington, CT
1999 Sculpture award, Silvermine Guild Galleries “Art of the Northeast” New Canaan, CT
1987 First prize sculpture, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
1987 Purchase award, Miami Beach Festival of the Arts
Selected Publications
2017 Lakeville Journal feature article/review
2014 Litchfield County Times feature article
2014 Winsted Journal feature article
2013 Hartford Courant feature article
2011 Culture Beat, featured artist in Northwest CT
2002 New Canaan, Darien and Rowayton Magazine, Sept/Oct issue
2001 "Scholastic Moves" television documentary
2000 Speech to CT Art Education Association – “Creativity Matters”
1986 The Sunday Republican, Waterbury, CT review
1982 Personalities of America, American Biographical Institute, Raleigh, NC
1981 Art New England, Boston, MAreview
Selected Collections
Spencer Davis, former publisher, Ceramics Monthly
Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington, DC
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Bridgeport, CT
General Electric Corporation, Fairfield, CT
Honorable William Collins, former Mayor, Norwalk, CT
Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, CT
L. Rey McMillan Inc., New York, NY
La Chiara, Human Resource Center, Tuscany, Italy
Lockwood-Matthews Mansion, Norwalk, CT
Charles Carpenter, New Canaan, CT
Honorable Alan Nevas, former State Attorney General, Westport, CT
Jack Paar, Host of The Tonight Show, Greenwich, CT
Pitney-Bowes, Stamford, CT
Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Southern Connecticut State College, Contemporary Ceramics Collection
Women’s Caucus for the Arts, CT Chapter
Professional Memberships
Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT
The Encaustic Art Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT
Silvermine Guild Center for the Arts, New Canaan, CT
CT Retired Teachers’ Association
Northwest CT Arts Council, Torrington, CT [ambassador]
The Artists at Whiting Mills, Winsted, CT
Westport Artists Collective, CT
Career Highlights
2017 Curator for “Altars Shrines & Amulets”, traveling multimedia exhibition
2007 Artist in Residence, Casa di Gasperi, Calabria, Italy
1999-2007Director and founder of Art and Yoga retreats in Madison, CT and Tuscany, Italy
2004 Artist in ResidenceInternational Arts Festival, Asilah, Morocco
2000-2016Painter, teacher, International workshop leader
2000 Awarded “Outstanding Educator of the Year” by CT Art Association
1986-2006- Art Teacher, New Canaan High School
1985 Coordinator and co-leader Art and Mythology Tour to Greece
1983 Coordinator and leader of Multimedia Crafts Tour to Japan
1970-1990Studio potter, producing functional and sculptural stoneware