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My mother painted, as did her father, so my interest in art was always encouraged and supported.  I spent my senior year in high school in the art department - almost literally, (when we weren't skipping school to head into NYC to spend the day at the Metropolitan Museum or the Whitney, or....).  I was extremely lucky that my high school art department had a creative and dedicated teaching staff.  I went on to study art in New Jersey and New York City before completing my BA at the University of Minnesota.  After earning an MA in Therapeutic Recreation, also from the U of MN, I worked for many years in the social services field.  During this time my art focus slipped off the tracks and was relegated to sketches done on vacations and some weekends. 

About 25 years ago I made a decision to make the time for what I had always loved; I dusted off my old art materials and dove in.  Since then my focus has been on working in watercolor.  I worked on the Horizon Series for many years and, more recently, have also been exploring non-objective work.

 

Born:  New Jersey, USA

Education:  Ridgewood School of Art, Ridgewood, NJ

        New York Phoenix School of Design, New York, NY

        University of Minnesota, BA Liberal Arts, Major in Studio Arts

        University of Minnesota, MA Therapeutic Recreation

Selected Exhibitions & Awards:

2024 National Watercolor Society & Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolor International Exchange Exhibition

2023 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, First Place (Watercolor, Gouache, Casein, Tempera)

Featured Artist, Seasons Gallery, Hudson, WI

Northern Lights International Juried Art Exhibition, White Bear Lake, MN

2022 Chroma: A Spectrum of Beauty from the North East Mpls Arts District, MSP Airport

Northern Lights International Juried Art Exhibition, White Bear Lake, MN

2021 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Margaret Bromschwig Modern Design Award

2020 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Victor Gilbertson Watercolor Award

2020 Color & Texture: Experienced through Abstracted Landscapes with painter Katie Clymer, Seasons on St Croix Gallery, Hudson WI

2019 Studio Pintura Watercolor Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Minneapolis, MN

2019 Nibikaang - From the Water, Watermark Art Center, Bemidji, MN

2019 Northern Lights Exhibition, Judge’s Choice Award, White Bear Lake, MN

2018 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition

       2017   Art Inspired by Place, with artists Colleen Riley & Patrick Plautz, Seasons on St Croix Gallery, Hudson, WI

       2016   Artistry Awash, 8 MN Watercolor Artists, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN

       2016   Girlfriends, 8 women artists, Seasons on St Croix Gallery, Hudson, WI

        2015   Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Honorable Mention, St Paul, MN

        2014   Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Honorable Mention & Friends of the Hopkins Center for the Arts Award, St Paul, MN

        2013   Minnesota Watercolor Society Fall Show, Third Place

        2013   Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, St Paul, MN

        2013   Of Fire and Water, with potter Karen Sebesta, Seasons on St Croix Gallery, Hudson, WI.

        2013   Carter Avenue Frame Shop, MN Artists Month, Featured Artist, St Paul, MN

        2012 Color, Motion, & Landscape with Joonja Lee Morne and Mary Lingen, Burnsville Art Center, Burnsville, MN

        2012    Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, St Paul, MN

        2012    Light, Bright, and Bold, Two Tigers Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

        2012    Minnesota Watercolor Society Spring Show, Best of Show & People’s Choice Award, Saint Anthony, MN

        2011    Transparent Spaces, solo exhibition, Nina Bliese Gallery, Minneapolis,  MN

        2011    Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Honorable Mention, St Paul, MN  

        2011    Minnesota Watercolor Society Spring Show, People’s Choice Award, Minnetonka, MN

        2010    Bloomington Art Center, solo exhibition, Bloomington, MN

        2010    Owatonna Art Center, solo exhibition, Owatonna, MN

        2010    Northeast Minneapolis Art Association Juried Fall Fine Arts Show, Second Place, Minneapolis, MN

        2010    National Watercolor Society 90th Annual Exhibition, Brea, CA

        2010    Bloomington Art Center, Member’s show, Merit Award, Bloomington, MN

        2009   National Watercolor Society 89th Annual Exhibition, Loa Ruth Sprung Award, Awarded Signature Status, Brea, CA

        2009    Northeast Minneapolis Art Association Juried Fall Fine Arts Show,  Second Place, Minneapolis, MN

        2009    Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Second Place, (Watercolor, Gouache, Casein, Termpera) Saint Paul, MN

        2009    Undercroft Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Saint Paul, MN

        2009    Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Merit Award, Kenosha, WI

        2009    Undercroft Gallery, Community Arts Show, Best in Show, St Paul, MN

        2009    Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Saint Paul, MN

        2009    Small on the Wall, Seasons on St Croix Gallery, Hudson, WI

        2009    Art Opener, Invited Artist, Hudson, WI

        2008    NorthEast Minneapolis Art Association Juried Fall Show, Third Place, Minneapolis, MN

        2008    Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Saint Paul, MN

        2007    Earth Reflections, with potter Jan Bilek, Seasons on St Croix Gallery, Hudson, WI

        2006    Phipps Center for the Arts, Horizon Series, solo exhibition, Hudson, WI

        2006    Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Saint Paul, MN

        2006    Undercroft Gallery, Second Place, St Paul, MN

        2005    Minnesota Watercolor Society Fall Show, Peoples’s Choice Award, Minneapolis, MN

        2004    Northstar Watercolor Society Fall Show, Award of Excellence, Little Canada, MN

        2004    Minnesota Watercolor Society Fall Show. Merit Award, Minneapolis, MN

        2004    Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Honorable Mention, St Paul, MN

        2004    Minnesota Watercolor Society Spring Show, People’s Choice Award, Minneapolis, MN

        2003    Strictly Women, Outsiders and Others Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

        2002    Lake Sky Paintings, solo exhibition, Minnesota Valley Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, MN

        2002    Undercroft Gallery, Second Place, St Paul, MN

        2002    Undercroft Gallery, Third Place, St Paul, MN

        2002    Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, St Paul, MN

        2001    Northstar Watercolor Society Fall Show, Best in Show, St Paul, MN

        2000   Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, St Paul, MN

        1997    Northstar Watercolor Society,  Honorable Mention, St Paul, MN

Publications:

Featured Artist, Watercolor magazine, Fall 2010

Featured Artist, Watercolor Artist magazine, April, 2012

Experience:

2022 Juror, Saint Anthony Park Arts Festival, St Paul, MN

2019 Juror, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition - Class 3: Watercolor/Gouache/Casein/Tempera

2004-2009 Watercolor Instructor, Como Park Botanical and Zoological Arts Program, St Paul, MN

Selected Collections

Altus Properties, Bloomington, MN

Benchmark Insurance Co, MN

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota

Chicago Center for Surgery of the Hand, Chicago, IL

Four Seasons Hotel, Minneapolis, MN

First American Bank, Hudson, WI

Hilton Hotel, Rochester, MN

Interlachen Country Club, Edina, MN

Lakeview Hospital, Stillwater, MN

Luther Seminary, St Paul, MN

Sunrise Bank, Saint Paul, MN

The Bower, Edina, MN

Prime Therapeutics, Minnesota

University of Minnesota Hospital

Private Collections