I believe that my work is often misunderstood to be too pretty and feminine for serious consideration. The trend of political and angry art is an important part of our time. But we need to acknowledge our vulnerabilities as well as our strengths. The meditative aspect of stitching and all my work is healing to make and view.

The complexity and nuanced lace, needlework and dyed fabric reveals a quieter and softer side of ourselves. It offers a respite and deepening understanding of our lives.

I am lucky that I have been able to be involved in art my whole life. As an art educator I have enjoyed the joy of sharing my skills. As an academic with a MA degree in Art and Art Education from Columbia University and a MFA in Painting from Pratt Institute my art world expanded and deepened. I enjoyed a long career in public education. My most recent work is hand stitching with vintage fragments of abandoned quilts and clothing: bibs, collars, child’s dresses and christening gowns.
Discovering these old textiles and preserving them to give them a new life is a joy.
I have also been experimenting with cyanotype prints of lace and shibori stitched indigo dying.
My hand-worked textile designs have a quiet beauty. They carry spirit of their makers as well as the children who wore them.
This feminine, intimate work is patiently sewn stitch by stitch as we create our life day by day. They can be worn and frayed by time- as we are.
I feel my work is a sensitive expression of human vulnerability- a soft voice in the clamor and fear of our time.

My art story begins in my childhood with two Aunts that were art teachers. They provided wonderful materials and encouragement to express myself through art. My mother and father were very supportive too! My art education in the Sixties and Seventies took place in the stormy time of the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Era and the Feminist Movement. I found it challenging to say the least.
I took an academic route with an MA from Columbia University and later a MFA in Painting from Pratt Institute and I supported myself with a teaching career. The art world at that time was exciting and turbulent especially for women artists who struggled to compete. Frankly, my artwork and personality- focused on a nuanced, feminine sensitivity- was not for these times of revolution.
I taught High School and Middle School art and I found it a source of inspiration and pride. Public education is so important to everyone in America. Many of our quiet heroes are there, but I never stopped making my art.  In 2001 when I retired I found myself ready to create painting and textile art that suited my spirit.
I am grateful for the 32 years I taught and the pension that lets me focus on art, but I wish I would have been able to establish gallery connections earlier. Although I have many awards and residencies it is difficult for me to self-promote. Still I have the joy of finding my niche!
It is a totally different art world today.