Statement
I moved to San Francisco in 1996 with my husband and my son. Born
in New York City and living in suburban Connecticut, I had pursued a
demanding 20-year New York-based career in public relations and
corporate communications after I graduated from Connecticut College
in New London with a BA in Literature.
Once in California, I stopped my PR and corporate work, but after
having made my living for so long using words, I found that the Bay
Area's light, scenery, attitude and whole way of life awakened in me a
desire to communicate in visual terms. Some classes at the Sharon
Art Studio in Golden Gate Park, plus my attempts to teach myself,
confirmed my resolve. I enrolled as an art student at City College of
San Francisco in early 2003, and have been drawing and painting
continually since then. I remain a City College student, and also take
private instruction.
My focus is watercolor, both alone or in combination with dry media. I
describe my style as "recognizable abstraction." I seek simplification.
I want to distill my chosen subject, emotion or thought to what I feel
is its basic sense -- preferably in a way that would not occur to anyone
else. For that reason, I most admire artists and poets whose work
expresses their independence, especially Winslow Homer and Emily
Dickinson.
I belong to the Marin Arts Council, the Marin Society of Artists (board
member), the Marin County Watercolor Society, the San Francisco
Women Artists and the Art Guild of Pacifica. My work has appeared in
local, regional and national juried shows since 2005.