As a kid, I was always drawing on everything!   I couldn’t help myself!  😀   And then, I left my 8-pack of Crayola Crayons outside and the sun melted them!  🙁  HOWEVER, my love for art stuck and the rest is history.  Nowadays I draw and paint mostly on the right surfaces, and keep my crayons cool.  

My first real job was as a Fashion Illustrator in NYC for a big retail company. It was an exciting time and place to be.  I had a lengthy career in apparel design, development and manufacturing. 

But, I always wanted to try my hand at “real painting”. You know, the stuff you see at the MET Museum.  Intimidated but brave enough to get out of my comfort zone, I did pursue study with some of today’s living masters. What an incredible blessing they have been!!! Still are!!!!  Still, intimidating. 

While I put the paint on the canvas, I hear all my teachers’ voices  in my head -striving to observe and attempting to capture what I see.  Creating art to enjoy the journey and the process is my mission. 

                                 A.A.S.  F.I.T.  Fashion Illustration and Advertising Design                                                                                B.F.A. New York Institute of Technology

EXHIBITIONS:   Gardiner Mill Cottage Gallery, Water Mill Museum Gallery, Southampton & Riverhead Town Halls,  Gallery at Borghese Vineyard, Gallery at Holy Trinity, William Ris Gallery, Atlantic Gallery NYC, Quogue Library and Historical Society, too many to mention. 

Honorable Mention: East End Arts 2008. ‘Movement’ Juried Show