The Artist
I have been drawing and painting for many years, and especially like to use pastels, acrylics and oils.
Having gained a Certificate in Education and majored in Art at The Froebel Institute of Education in England, and a Bachelor of Education Honours Degree, I went on to teach Art and general subjects in elementary and middle schools in England for many years.
I have travelled widely and lived in different countries around the world; I studied Chinese painting whilst living in China and Singapore.
Since living in the US, I have studied pastel painting, particularly portraiture, with Jeanne Smith, and figure painting with Rhoda Yanow at the duCret School of Art. I have also studied portraiture with Enrique Flores-Galbis at The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey and taken a portrait workshop with Alain Picard in Connecticut. I have studied landscape painting with Julie Friedman in her studio in Morristown, New Jersey, as well as taken workshops on "Abstracting the Landscape", "Home made Surfaces", "Infusing Color and Emotion into a Painting", "En Pleine Aire Painting", and "Landscape Rhythm and Harmony" with Julie Friedman. I also took a workshop on "Painting Skies and Clouds" with Will Klemm.
My interests also include writing children's story books.
Galleries
- Swain Galleries, Plainfield, NJ
- Rulon Art Studio and Gallery, Swedesboro, NJ
- Artists at the Mill Gallery, Lafayette, NJ
Art Society Memberships
- Juried Member of the American Artists Professional League, NYC
- Juried Associate Member of the Pastel Society of America, NYC
- Juried Member of The Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NYC
- Westfield Arts Association, NJ
- Pastel Society of New Jersey
- Scotch Plains and Fanwood Arts Association, NJ
- Millburn-Shorthills Art Center, NJ
- Contemporary Art Group, Westfield, NJ
- Watchung Arts Center
Juried-Entry Art Shows
- Pastel Society of New Jersey Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition Nov 2010
- The Tewkesbury Historical Society 21st Annual Art Show, NJ Oct 2010
- Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 114th Annual Open Exhibition, NYC Oct 2010
- Salmagundi Club 33rd Annual Juried Painting & Sculpture Exhibition for non-members, NYC Jul 2010
- Pastel Society of New Jersey Fourth Annual Juried Exhibition - Nov 2009
- The American Artists Professional League's 81st Grand National Exhibition - Nov 2009
- 29th Annual Mountain Art Show, Bernardsville, NJ - Oct 2009
- The Tewksbury Historical Society 20th Annual Art Show, NJ - Oct 2009
- 14th International Association of Pastel Societies Web Show - Oct 2009
- Salmagundi Club 32nd Annual Juried Painting & Sculpture Exhibition for non-members - June 2009
- Guild of Creative Art 1st Annual NJ Open Juried Pastel Show - May 2009
- Pastel Society of New Jersey Third Annual Juried Exhibition - Dec - Jan 2008
- Pastel Society of America's 36th Annual Exhibition - Sept 2008
- Connecticut Pastel Society's 15th Annual National Exhibition - Oct 2008
- Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 112th Annual Open Exhibition - Sept 2008
- Ninth Annual Gaelen Juried Art Show and Sale - May 2008
- Watchung Arts Center Members Juried Art Exhibition - Feb 2008
- 28th Annual Mountain Arts Show, Bernardsville - Oct 2007
- Somerset Art Assoc: Nat: Juried Pastel Exhibit - Oct to Nov 2007
- ArtKudos International Juried Art Competition and exhibition (online) - June 2007
- Edison Arts Society, New Jersey “Art Without Borders” - June to Oct 2007
- 27th Annual Mountain Arts Show, Bernardsville, NJ - October 2006
