Originally from Boston, I moved to Boulder, Colorado in the 1970s with my three sons and my husband, Larry. In the early 1990s, after my boys were grown, and following a successful career in state government, painting and sculpture became my primary focus. I studied at the Art Students League in Denver, Loveland Academy of Art and the University of Colorado, among others. Some of the instructors of particular importance to me include Colorado artists Kim English, Madeline Wiener, Teresa Vito, Quang Ho and Doug Erion; Joe Miller of San Juan Island, Washington; and Kyle Smith in Pietrasanta, Italy.
I still live in Boulder during the fall and winter but now I spend my summers on San Juan Island. My Mapleton Hill studio in Boulder is an old garage with a small garden outside. Today, I use this space for explorative painting, but in the past I’ve done quite a bit of stone carving here too. For several years, I practiced shaping alabaster and marble into sculptures that portray mostly women. Boulder has plenty of sunshine and dry, rugged terrain; it’s very different than the lush forests and seascapes of San Juan Island. There, my studio has lots of windows to let as much light in as possible. Through the years, I’ve noticed subtle shifts in my work depending on where I am. My paintings tend to reveal a place, either physical or imagined, while my sculptures seem to describe the sort of place that one occupies as they inhabit the world.