I have always been a visual learner.  Intrigued by designs, textures, colors, the way things work, move, & come together in any given visual plane, natural or man-made.  To create has always been my desire.  Be it textiles, photography, cards, woodworking, home interiors, and most recently, painting.  

 

My passion for photography was fueled at an early age by my parents.  This passion carried me into college where, in 1986 I earned my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Ramapo College of New Jersey.

 

I went on to work in Manhattan as the Director and Photo Editor of several collections for two Photo Agencies.  I was inspired and awed every day, by the work coming across my light box.  After the birth of my children, I began hand-tinting some of my b&w images.  And upon the arrival of the world of digital imagery, played with enhancing them further.

 

A natural evolution in my work brought me to painting in oils.  And it now both nourishes & consumes me.  Much of my work is influenced by the pastoral surroundings of my childhood in Hopewell, NJ, and the Delaware River region, as well as by the many talented Bucks County artists that reside in this area.

 

 

Exhibitions:

 

2010

Historic Prallsville Mill, Stockton, NJ:  2010 Artsbridge Member's Show.  1st Place for the People's Choice Award

 

2009

Grange Fair:  Wrightstown, PA

Phoenix Rising Gallery, Doylestown, PA:  40 Art Show

Keenan Mercedes:  Doylestown Art League's 50th Annual Juried Member's Show

Historic Prallsville Mil, Stockton, NJ:  Artsbridge Member's Show

Historic Prallsville Mill, Stockton, NJ:  Delaware River Society - Images of the Mill

 

 

2008

 

Historic Prallsville Mill, Stockton NJ:  "Una Notte Per Bambini"

Riverrun Gallery, Lambertville, NJ

Castles in the Fields:  Bucks County Audubon Society

Doylestown Arts League 49th Annual Juried Show 

 

2005

Spring Garden Mill, Newtown, PA:   Solo Show

 

2004

Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ:   Artsbridge 10th Annual Juried Show

Canal Studios, Lambertville, NJ:    Juried “Works on Paper” Show

 

2003

Canal Studios, Lambertville, NJ:   Artsbridge Annual Members Show

Spring Garden Mill, Newtown, PA:   Solo Show

 

2002