CV/Bio
Growing up, I had this fantasy that I was an artist, but the demands of a more scientific education, and then the day jobs, interfered with my pursuit of this calling. Originally from the Midwest, I earned a BA from the University of Illinois. Following a brief stint in Colorado and several years in the Boston area, I earned an MS in nursing from Pace University/New York Medical College, and spent seven years in Augusta, Maine as a family nurse practitioner. I left Maine in 1985 to take premedical courses at the University of New Hampshire. In 1987, I left for the University of Vermont and earned my degree from the College of Medicine in 1991. After internship in internal medicine in San Francisco, I completed a residency in psychiatry and fellowship in psychosomatic medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
My first art class was in 2000, followed by a studio course under the mentorship of Kippi Fleischer, at the Curling Vine Studio in Merrimac, MA. When the day job threatened to further limit time for art, I took bolder measures; attending summer plein air workshops, I developed an observational portfolio and applied to Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), where I received my BFA in painting in 2016, and an MFA in May, 2018.
Shows, Auctions, Exhibits, Awards:
2004 Limbic Studio, Open Studio
West Newbury, MA
2005 Hair Gallery, one person show
Haverhill, MA
2005 BluWater Café, one person show
Newburyport, MA
2008 Chase and Lunt, one person show through the Wings Gallery Program
Newburyport Art Association
2004-2013 Wet Paint Auction, fund raiser for Friends for Peace
Newburyport, MA
2007 Mindscapes, fund raiser for MGH Department of Psychiatry
Boston, MA
2005-2008 Exhibits at local business venues: Starbucks, The Fitness Factory, Apple Salon
Newburyport, MA
2004-2008 Selected pieces at Post Road Framers, Rowley, MA and Arté, Newburyport, MA
2014 Sophomore Painting Award, MassArt, Boston, MA
2014, 2016, All School Show, MassArt
2018 All School Show Award
2016 Away: Travel Course Show, MassArt
2015, 2016, Mass Eye and Ear Institute, Huntington Ave., Boston
2017
2017 Boston City Hall
2018 We the People
Student show in Student Life Gallery, MassArt
2018 Transitions, Survival, Resilience
7-woman, graduate student curated show, Doran Gallery, MassArt
2018 Here to There
Pop-up show at the MUSA Collective
2018 One person show at the Rowley Public Library
2019-present Arts Guild of Sonoma (CA), monthly group shows and occasional Art Walk presentations
2020 One person show at Vintage House, Sonoma, CA