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

Honorable Mention - 2023
York Art Association - Works on Paper

Second Place and Paul Doelp Award - 2023
​Berks Art Alliance - "Positive and Negative"

First Place - 2022
Berks Art Alliance - "Memories"

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

Honorable Mention - 2022
Pottstown Area Artists Guild - Open Juried Exhibition

Signature Membership - Philadelphia Watercolor Society 2021

Honorable Mention - 2022
Wayne Art Center - Membership Juried 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
​
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 2022-2021, 2017

Wayne Art Center
Members Juried Exhibition 2022
​Regional Open Juried Exhibition 2023

Goggleworks 15th Annual National Juried Exhibition 2023

Baltimore Watercolor Society
Mid-Atlantic Regional Exhibition 2021

Philadelphia Sketch Club
Art of the Flower Juried Exhibition
2019, 2017, 2015
Works on Paper
2021

Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists
Open Juried Exhibition Celebrate the Artist 2023
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Bethlehem House Gallery
"Home" Juried Exhibition 2020
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Demuth Museum
Juried Art Auction 2019, 2022

Marrietta Gallery
"Song for Autumn" 2022

Stover Miller Gallery
Annual Juried Exhibition 2019

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

Berks Art Alliance
2023-2021, 2019-2017, 2015-2014

York Art Association
2022-2021, 2019-2017

Perkiomen Valley Art Center
2022-2021, 2019-2017, 2015-2014

Pottstown Area Artists Guild
​2022

Schuylkill Valley Heritage Area
Scenes of Schuylkill River 2022, 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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