About 

 My work explores subjects in a close-up format, as if zooming in with a magnifier - possibly an influence from my biology background. It is no surprise that frequent subjects are botanicals and wildlife. I didn't anticipate that enrolling in an adult painting class would transform my life's trajectory. I became fascinated with the dynamic qualities of watercolor and have since expanded into oil painting.  I am a Signature Member of the Philadelphia Watercolor Society and have served on the board for the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society and the Berks Art Alliance.  I am grateful to work from my home studio in Southeastern Pennsylvania. 
AWARDS / RECOGNITION

First Place - 2022
Berks Art Alliance - Memories

Award in Memory of Frederic Schmid - 2022
Perkiomen Valley Art Center - 59th Membership Exhibition

Best In Show - 2021
Berkeley Arts Council - Watercolor Expressions 

People's Choice Award - 2021
​Perkiomen Valley Arts Center - 65th Open Juried Exhibition

Best Use of Transparent Watercolor - 2021
Philadelphia Sketch Club - Works on Paper
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Ann T. Fields Award for Excellence in
Watercolor - 3rd place "Aurora's Splendor" - 2019
Lancaster Art Association Garden Show

Honorable Mention "Autumn Beauty" - 2018
Perkiomen Valley Art Center 63rd Juried Show

Third Place "Winter Companions" - 2018 BAA
Membership Show

First Place, Watercolor "Reflections" - 2017
Perkiomen Valley Art Center 62nd Juried Show

Patron's Choice Award "Converge and
Coalesce" - 2017 Berks Art Alliance 38th Open Juried
Exhibition

Honorable Mention "Simple Abundance" - 2017
Lancaster Art Association member show

First Place Ann T. Fields Award for Excellence in
Watercolor "Floral Cascade" - 2016 Lancaster Art
Association member show

Honorable Mention "Sun Worshipers" - 2016
Philadelphia Watercolor Society Online Member
show

Honorable Mention "Pomegranate &
Cranberries" - 2016 Berks Art Alliance Member Show

JURIED EXHIBITS

Philadelphia Watercolor Society
Works on Paper 2017, 2021

Baltimore Watercolor Society
Mid-Atlantic Regional Exhibition 2021

Philadelphia Sketch Club
Art of the Flower Juried Exhibition
2019, 2017, 2015
Works on Paper
2021
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Bethlehem House Gallery
"Home" Juried Exhibition 2020
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Demuth Museum
Juried Art Auction 2019, 2022

Stover Miller Gallery
Annual Juried Exhibition 2019

Audubon at Mill Grove
Drawn From Nature
2019-2017, 2014

Berks Art Alliance
2021, 2019-2017, 2015-2014

York Art Association
2021, 2019-2017

Perkiomen Valley Art Center
2021, 2019-2017, 2015-2014

Schuylkill Valley Heritage Area
Scenes of Schuylkill River 2019-2017, 2014

Berkley Arts Council
​Watercolor Expressions 2021

Lancaster Art Association 2015

Lebanon Valley College - Suzanne Arnold Gallery 2015

Cultural Center of Cape Cod
Wild Things 2020

Medford Art Center
Art of the Flower 2021

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