I approach my artwork with excitement. Each piece of work offers new challenges for problem solving and exploration. As an abstract artist, I do not have a preconceived image or know exactly where my journey will take me. I look at the clean white surface, choose a paint for the under color and then begin!

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Being a chronologically mature artist, allows me to bring many life experiences to the easel – whether it is because of living in the north woods of Wisconsin or loving life in Chicago.

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Much of my work is done on deep square surfaces ranging in size from 5” X 5” to 48” X 48”. I find the square shape to be nurturing and representational of a ‘soul’ – confined but complex. Many of my pieces of art include found objects and the mixture of many mediums to accomplish the completion of the painting.

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I have been blessed to have art in my life and to have a studio filled with ‘too much stuff’ – you never know when you are going to need that one specific piece of paper or piece of rust from the driveway.

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My artwork can be viewed at Art Beat of Hayward in Hayward, WI, and may also be seen on my website.

 

Education:

• University of Illinois - Chicago Fine Art Department; University of Iowa - BA; Northeastern University - MA; Art Institute of Chicago.

• Studied with Virginia Cobb, Bob Burridge, Skip Lawrence, Louise Cadellac, Catherine Chang Leu and other workshop instructors.