Between the time I was born in St Cloud, New Jersey and my final move to San Rafael, California, I’ve lived in New York, Munich, London, the West Indies, and San Francisco. I received a BFA in painting from the University of Michigan which wasn’t of much use in my career as a fashion accessories designer. The only way I knew how to be fully employed as a designer was to found my own manufacaturing companies, in London and San Francisco respectively. I closed my last manufacturing business in order to design, make, and teach polymer clay jewelry.
I’ve slowly migrated from polymer clay to mixed media art over the last few years. My art has a French accent because the 3 mos I spend in France at La Cascade each year has left its mark on my work. La Cascade is a house that my husband and I renovated for artists and their students to make art and enjoy French village life. Each year I find new inspiration there. Last year it was a water color series of 17th century forged door knockers.
My early oil paintings have been exhibited in The Heller Gallery and The Amel Gallery in NYC. My polymer clay jewelry has been offered in galleries around the country and is in the permanent collections of the Newark Museum of Art and the Racine Art Museum. My mixed media work has been exhibited in Galerie L’Art Vivant in Couillure, France.
May 3, 2012
I went to see Sharon Payne Bolton for the first time yesterday in her Benicia art studio because I liked what I saw on her website well enough to invite her to teach at La Cascade. Her studio is in the historic Arsenal district, home to one of the best artist communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Upon arrival I was swept [...]
April 13, 2012
In browsing through my photos of flea market treasures, I’m reminded of what an adventure the vide greniers (flea markets) are for us. All week we scour the papers for Sunday markets in the area to figure out which ones might be the best. On Sunday, vide grenier day, we get up very early to drive through fields still veiled [...]
March 22, 2012
I’m not sure what gets in the way of talking about my own work, but I think I’ve found the solution………YOU! I want to thank all of you for your imaginative, lively and insightful comments. Because I’m inspired by all of your comments, I want to send each of you a little “thank you” print. [...]