About The Artist
When Covid first hit, I had to abandon travel plans to photograph the world at large. Instead, I turned inward, focused smaller, and started shooting flowers. I experimented a lot, eventually photographing flowers underwater, in an aquarium. I inject inks and paints to swirl around the flowers. There is a 1 to 2 minute window where I can get a clear shot before the water becomes too murky. This makes for a quick, tense, energetic shooting session. I use a strobe flash to freeze the movement of the pigment. I consider the tank of water as my canvas, the flower is the subject and where I inject the colors and with how much energy determine the composition and result. I am looking for a pleasing interaction between the colors and the flowers. Sometimes I get nothing, and sometimes I get magic! I call this series, Submerged.
I earned an MFA from Pratt Institute in Art to Wear Jewelry Design. My jewelry was featured in many national and international exhibitions and galleries. But I have always taken photos. I switched to photography as my main medium about 12 years ago. My photos have been published in a book on Yosemite and featured on several travel websites. I enjoy exhibiting and have been juried into many shows in the past few years. I have returned to traveling, spending 2 months in Paris 1 year, and 2 months in Italy the next. This last spring I traveled in Japan, Hokkaido, and Taiwan for 3 months.
Photography, Prints and Printmaking
Marin Society of Artists, 1515 Third Street, San Rafael, CA 94901
Both weekends
Studio Information
Marin Society of Artists
Contact Information
8312392199
Exhibitions & Press
A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, “Expressionism”, 2025
Women United Art Prize 2024, Czech Republic, Finalist
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, “Botanicals”, 2024, and “Botanicals”, 2025, Juror’s Award
The Naturalist Gallery, Washington, DC, “Nature Exhibit”, 2024
Photo Artfolio, Online Gallery, “Beauty Illuminated”, 2024 and “Colorscape”, 2024, $500. 1st Place Prize
The Chateau Gallery, Louisville, KY, “The Abstract Image”, and “Monochrome”, 2024
Saint Louis Art Gallery, Oxford, UK, “Life and Hope” International Exhibition, and a Solo Exhibit, 2024
KBM Art Gallery, Riverside CA, “Best of 2023 Exhibit”
International Photography Hall of Fame Competition, $1000 Grand Prize Award, 2023
Greater Bay Area Open, 2023
6th St. Art Studios, Gilroy, CA, “Red”, 2023
CAL International, Conroe, TX, 2023
The Truist Gallery, Wilson, NC, 2022 National Multi-Media Juried Art Show, 2022
RI Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI, “Black, White, and all the Grays Between, 2022
Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR, “Chasing Ghosts VII: Art that Pierces the Veil through Remembrance, Legacy, and Beyond”, 2022
Loosen Gallery, Rome, Italy, “The Ephemeral and Evanescence Perception”, 2022
Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, “This Is Now”
Wickford Art Association, E Greenwich, RI, “Botanicals”
County Building, Santa Cruz, CA “Arts Council Exhibit”
Fairfield Suison Visual Arts Association, CA, ” 58th Annual Art Exhibit”, 1st place, color photography and “59th Annual Art Exhibit, 1st place, color photography
Modern Visual Arts Gallery, Bethlehem, PA, ‘Celebrate Art”
Flagler County Art League, FL, “Picture This!”
Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA, “The 13th Annual Juried Art Show”
Healdsburg Center for the Arts, CA, “Glimpses of Illumination”
The Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray, KT, “The Magic Silver Show”
JCOS ArtHaus, Los Gatos, CA
Spanish Peaks Art Council, CO,” 2021 Photography Show”
Edward A Dixon Gallery, Dayton OH, “Joy, This is Just What I Needed”
The Ohanlon Center in Mill Valley CA, “Women Artists Making Their Mark” and “Monochromatic”
Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, “The Second Half”
The Marin Society of Arts, CA, “Exposed 2021”, and “Through the Lens”
Decode Gallery, Tucson, AZ, “Blue”, and “Flora and Fauna”
The Boomer Gallery, London, England, “Boomer Week’
The Santa Cruz Art League
The Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
The Pajaro Valley Arts Gallery, Watsonville, CA
The Acropolis Restoration Project, Athens, Greece
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, “Botanicals”, 2024, and “Botanicals”, 2025, Juror’s Award
Photo Artfolio, Online Gallery, “Beauty Illuminated”, 2024 and “Colorscape”, 2024, $500. 1st Place Prize
International Photography Hall of Fame Competition, $1000 Grand Prize Award, 2023
Fairfield Suison Visual Arts Association, CA, ” 58th Annual Art Exhibit”, 1st place, color photography and “59th Annual Art Exhibit, 1st place, color photography
Education
BA, SUNY Oswego, NY
MFA, Pratt Institute, NYC
