Reigate, Surrey, United Kingdom
I consider myself a director in the artistic placement of natural features within re-imagined landsc...
About the artist
Joined In 2013
(31 Followers)
About the artist
Joined In 2013
(31 Followers)
I consider myself a director in the artistic placement of natural features within re-imagined landscapes with magical elements. Yet, when I begin to paint, it is with an intuitive method wherein I become separated from time and space through dissociation. I describe the experience as “when I return there is a painting in front of me". The arrangement of forms is like a concert in an imaginative space, my mind is a type of laboratory where the organic shapes are spontaneously engendered. Spatial harmony and balance happen naturally while I am inside the work. I draw on my emotional memory to a myriad of natural spaces where I lived and backpacked. The work can include weather patterns, mountains, forests, streams, farms, gardens, insects, birds and colonial structures. The patterns and views come from attentive observations of the earth even from childhood. I can lie in a field observing grasses wave in the wind, see mountains in the distance, watch the birds, sit in the woods touching trees while their leaves drift to the ground and insects create motes in the sunlight.
The colour palettes I use may appear to be bright, but are usually mixes of imperceptibly greyed hues. I prefer paper, wood panels or linen or cotton/poly blends a...
Employment / Education / Awards
Present - Resident Artist Bell Street Artists, Reigate, RH2 7AD United Kingdom
Member Visual Artists Association
2011-2018 Resident Artist - The Banana Factory, 25 W 3rd St., Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA
National Association Women Artists Juried Member
2013-2014 - Livestrong Artist In Residence
Art Association of Harrisburg - Watercolor Award
Air Products Award - State Theater Easton PA
2013 - Pennsylvania State Representative for SAQA
2011 - 2012 - Lehigh Art Alliance - Spinnerstown, PA Membership Coordinator
2011 - 2014 New Bridge Group, Allentown, PA Co-Founder
2011 - 2012 - Crazy Quilters Guild, Emmaus, PA - Publicity Coordinator
2012 - 2013 - City Mural Project, Allentown, PA - Founder
2012 - 2013 - The Bessesdotter Verksted 542 Hamilton St. #302 Allentown, PA 18101
2012-2013 - The Salemme Foundation, Assistant 542 Hamilton St. Allentown, PA 18101
2011 - 2012 - Tribe 6 Studio, Manager and Artist in Residence 542 Hamilton St. #201, Allentown, PA 18101
1990 - Present - Self taught. Painting: Oil, Watercolor, Acrylic and Textile/Fiber Arts.
1986 - 1990 - Spirit Square, Charlotte, NC - Self taught printmaker: Wood Block Relief, Intaglio, Lithography and Monotypes/Collagraph, Viscosity ...
August 2023 Bethlehem, PA
June 2023 Leiden, NL
August 2022 New House Art Space Guildford
March-May 2022 New House Art Space Guildford
March 2022 ARP Gallery London
October 2021 Bell Street Artists Gallery
December 2020 Adam's Gallery
January-March 2019 Penn State University Fiber Art Exhibition
September 2018 - Banana Factory Resident Artist Exhibition, Bethlehem, PA
April-June 2018 Compendium Exhibition Bethlehem, PA
September 2017 - Banana Factory Resident Artist Exhibition, Bethlehem, PA
April-June 2017 Compendium Exhibition Bethlehem, PA
September 2016 - Banana Factory Resident Artist Exhibition, Bethlehem, PA
March 2016 Solo Exhibition Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
September 2015 - Banana Factory Resident Artist Exhibition, Bethlehem, PA
January 2015 - Solo Exhibition Eagles Nest Gallery, Nazareth, PA
January 2015 - Printmakers Society LV, Allentown, PA
December 2014 - Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA
October 2014 - Sylvia Wald/Po Kim Gallery, NYC, NY
September 2014 - Banana Factory Resident Artist Exhibition, Bethlehem, PA
May 2014 - Featured Artist Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA
May 2014 Printmakers Society of Lehigh Valley
November 16-17, 2013 – Hidden Treasures Art Tour, Allentown PA
November 9, 2013 – Allentown Art M...