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Username: Colorist
Member Since: March 2012
Member Since: March 2012
Sparta, NJ United States
“It was my intention to be an artist from the very beginning” I am visually stimulated by everything. Patterns, colors, objects, figures, shapes, and life’s aesthetic rhythms draw me in. My eye bolts to the dramatic and the bold. Recently, I... more
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| Gender: | Female |
| Artist Statement: | “It was my intention to be an artist from the very beginning” I am visually stimulated by everything. Patterns, colors, objects, figures, shapes, and life’s aesthetic rhythms draw me in. My eye bolts to the dramatic and the bold. Recently, I have embarked on a series of landscapes/waterscapes, a genre that has eluded me until now. My access in was language. Language allows me to feel the space I am trying to create. I am a true colorist, I see color. My work is inspired by joyfulness. Like the feeling you get when flowers arrive unexpectedly or when you are in the sub-way and someone compliments your coat. Fragments of time that make you smile. I look for this same feeling in my work. I pay homage to the things I love and that draw me in every day. Calligraphy and Language gave me the same strength and the movement allowing me in a very natural way, to go places I have not gone before. Along with the text I have incorporated elements of collage and my own iconic images. I have always used collage in various ways and my recent work shows a new vision, direction, and growth. Through this process I have found an original voice accessing me to landscapes and larger scaled works in a very natural and exciting way. I have traveled through many ways of telling my artistic stories and currently feel I have found the rhythm and clarity for my vision and style. The energy within my new series is taking me on a very exciting journey. |
| Education: | 1986 · MFA – The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1984 · BFA – The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1980-1982 · The University of Wisconsin |
| Awards & Distinctions: | 2006· Original art selected for book cover, “Who Lives” 1990-2009 · Mountain Art Show, Bernardsville NJ. Award winner 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 2005 · Scholarship Fund NJCVLC award winner 2001 · SAI Gallery, Jury award, NYC 1999 · SCA&HC Public Gallery, Exhibition Award, Newton, NJ 1998 · SAI Gallery, group show, award winner, NYC 1998 · Saint Mary’s Art Show, NJ, award winner, Best in Show 1994 · The Privia B. Gross International Juried Exhibition, award winner, Queens Borough Community College, Bayside, NY 1991 · The town Club at Mountain Lakes, award winner, Mt. Lakes, NJ 1990 · Fax Art Award, Gallery 400, Chicago, Illinois 1987 · Featured Printed Artwork in, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, catalogue 1987 · Alumni Show Award, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill 1986 · Cup Show, Best in Show, SAIC, Chicago Ill 1986 · Arthur D. Little Grant/Award for Design, Chicago, Illinois 1986 · Fellowship to Study in Portugal and Spain 1985 · Gallery 10, East State Street, award winner, Rockford, Illinois 1985 · Arthur Baer Foundation Award, Chicago, Illinois |
| Professional/Teaching Experience: | 2008-Present · Adjunct Professor of Art, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ 2001-2003 · Visiting Artist and Artist in Residence, theatre department, Morristown Beard School 1992-2002 · Visiting Artist and Substitute Teacher, Sussex County Community College 1989-1993 · Visiting Artist and Teacher, Hilltop Country Day School · Received a Grant to work with students of Kilmer Middle School, Chicago and create a permanent Sculpture piece in the entry of the school. · Teacher, Beginning Sculpture summer program at SAIC. · Teacher’s Assistant, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. · 1984-1987 Curator, North Wing Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. · Coordinator, Visiting Artists Program, graduate school, SAIC – brought in well-known artists and alumni to consult with graduate students. |
| Exhibitions: | 2013 · Curator Invite - Cathedra 900 - Artist Mark Ware expands his global vision via U.K. Arts Council Program 2012/2013 · Celebrating Women: Inspiring women of Morris County 2012 · Featured Artist St. Johns on The Mountain. Bernardsville, NJ 2012 · Curator - Cathedra 900 Project. United Kingdom Arts Council. 2012 · Invite cover for The Paschal Triduum 2012 · County College of Morris Faculty Exhibition 2012 · Faculty Exhibition Invite show at the University of The Arts in Phildelphia PA 2011 · Trailworks: One Person Show 2011 · Two Person Show, Homer Alaska 2011 · Gallery Within: Trailworks 2010 · One person show, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ 2010 · Featured artist, Fox Hollow exhibition 2003-2009 · Chicago, Illinois Juried Exhibition, Bare Walls 1989-2009 · Skylands, juried exhibition NJ, award winner 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2002 2008 · Art at the Mill, juried exhibition NJ 2007 featured artist 1989-2010 · Hilltop Art Show NJ, 2002 and 2008 featured artist 2007· Fantasy Art Show, one-person show, Vernon NJ 2000-2007 · Wilson School Art Show, Mountain Lakes, NJ 2002 · Drue Chryst Gallery, group show, Sparta, NJ 2001 · Octavia’s Haze, One-person show, S.F., California 2001 · Katalin Pap Gallery, four-person show, NYC 2000 · Drue Chyrst Gallery, one-person show, NJ 1999 · Art in the Garden, Voluptuaries and Vignettes, two-person show, NJ 1999 · The Studio, NJ one-person show 1998 · Avant Art Event, 4-person show, Drue Chryst Gallery, NJ 1998 · Pleides Gallery, group show, Broadway NYC, NY 1997 · 479 Gallery Inc. Prince Street Station NYC, NY, 3-person show 1986 · Imagery Gallery, One-person show, Glen Ellyn, Illinois |
| Artistic Influences: | Matisse, De Kooning, Andy Warhol, Life |
| Artist Tags: | contemporary, colorful, bold, modern, joyful, vibrant |
