National, Regional and Solo Exhibits & Awards:
2018 Triennial Exhibit: "What's Cooking?" Guild of American Paper Cutters (GAP), Laurel Arts Center, Somerset, Pennsylvania
2018 Natural Force, NAWA, Trustman Art Gallery at Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts
2017 Blank Canvas, NAWA, 2017 Junior League of Boston Designer Showhouse, Belmont, Massachusetts
2016 Continuum, NAWA, Fountain Street Fine Art, Framingham, Massachusetts
2016 Botanica, NAWA, Cahoon Museum, Cotuit, Massachusetts
2016 Renaissance Women (3-month traveling exhibit for 5 NYC Libraries), NAWA, New York, New York
2014 New England Illustrator’s Exhibit 2014, The Wenham Museum, Wenham, Massachusetts
2013 Illustration Process: The Pajamas Of My Dreams, The Wenham Museum, Wenham, Massachusetts
2013 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards, National Association of Independent Publishers, Traverse City, Michigan, Bronze Medal for Best First Book - Picture Book
for
The Pajamas Of My Dreams
2011 Art & Blooms, Sweet Anthem Design Gallery, Salem, Massachusetts
2010 Spring Has Sprung, Surfaces Lifestyle and Design, Marblehead, Massachusetts
2010 - 2013 LEED Platinum Showcase Home, Cleantech Homes, LLC, Beverly, Massachusetts
2010 - 2011 Illuminations, Massachusetts General Hospital/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care,
Danvers, Massachusetts
2010 Community of Artists, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, Massachusetts
2009 L’Attitude: End of Summer Reception, Liberty Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts
2009 Art to Benefit The Boston Public Gardens, Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers, Boston, Massachusetts
2008 Art for Fashion Designer Denise Hajjar at M2L, Fall Fashion Week 2008, Boston, Massachusetts
2008 The Right Mix, Cape Ann Regional Cable TV Access Corporation, Gloucester, Massachusetts
2008 Cool 4 Fall @ M2L, M2L Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2008 12x12 Juried Exhibition, Bromfield Gallery, SOWA, Boston, Massachusetts
2008 CFA Art Show To Benefit Bay Cove, Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers, Boston, Massachusetts
2008 Shape, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2007 Cut-Paper On-line, Guild of American Papercutters, Somerset, Pennsylvania
2006 Summer Colors Corporate Event, Oakmont Partners, Boston, Massachusetts
2005 Midland Arts 2005 Spring Juried National Exhibition, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas,
Juried by Ann Armstrong, Artist and Sculptor
2004 Works on Paper, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Juror’s Choice Award,
Juried by Andrew Witkin, Director of The Barbara Krakow Gallery
2003 Designer Show House at “Harborwatch” on Norton’s Point, Manchester, Massachusetts
2002 Rites of Spring, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Purchase Award,
Juried by Lori Berenberg, The Berenberg Gallery
2002 New England Summer, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
Juried by Kathryn Schultz, Director of the Cambridge Art Association
2002 Cut-paper: Images From Life, The John Joseph Moakley United States Court House, Boston, MA
2001 Springfield Art League Northeast Expo, American International College, Springfield, Massachusetts
1999 A New England Portrait, Opening Celebration for The Acton Memorial Public Library, Acton, MA
1999 “Since my mother died…” at The Will Barnet Gallery, The Beverly Public Library, Beverly, MA
1996 ArtsNorth Exhibit, The Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, Massachusetts
1995 ArtsNorth Exhibit, Boston, Massachusetts, Summer Cover Award for Pleiades Magazine,
Juried by Barbara Rizza-Mellon, Editor and Publisher of Pleiades, Arts Around Boston
1994 - 1995 El Dorado Gallery International Exhibit, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Purchase Awards
Published Art, Interviews and Special Projects:
2015 Unexpected Pathways: The Journeys of Women in the Workforce, selected chapter author,
Entrepreneur as Artist – A Winding Road Embraced, stories collected by Anne Sourbeer Morris, Ed.D., Clemmons, North Carolina
2015 The Literati Scene, live TV Interview with Smoki Bacon, discussing the collage illustrations and works for The Pajamas Of My Dreams, Boston, Massachusetts
2014 Mass Literacy and The Boston Herald, Topsfield Barns, collage art and designs for Literacy Scavenger Hunt written by Mass Literacy Champion Laurie Collins, Boston, Massachusetts
2014 University of New Hampshire, The Pajamas Of My Dreams Goes to College - workshops in reading and cut-paper collage crafts for 250 children and their teachers, Dover, New Hampshire
2014 Newbury Elementary School, The Pajamas Of My Dreams Goes to School for "Read Across America Day" with a Power Point presentation of The Illustration Process for the book, Newbury, Massachusetts
2013 Three Bean Press, Boston, Massachusetts, illustrated The Pajamas Of My Dreams
, a children’s storybook, released February 2013
2012 Lanoue Film Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, Pool I
, contemporary design painting leased to Larry David production, HBO movie, called Clear History to be released August 10, 2013
2010 Massachusetts General Hospital/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care, Danvers, Massachusetts, Pretty Posy
(acrylic on canvas) and Meadow
(6-panel giclee on canvas), two corporate installations for main lobby and administrative office areas
2010 Hospice of the North Shore, Danvers, Massachusetts, Garden
(acrylic on multiple surfaces) corporate installation for Ayer-Anderson Wing at Kaplan Hospice House
2010 Thos. Moser Cabinet Makers, Auburn, Maine, Allium Brown
(acrylic on canvas) featured in 2010 Annual National Catalogue
2009 Thos. Moser Cabinet Makers, Auburn, Maine, Cabbage Roses
(acrylic on panels) featured in 2009 Autumn National Catalogue
2009 Artscope (New England Culture Magazine), Quincy, Massachusetts, Gerbera Daisy
(cut-paper collage) and interview in "Gallery Spotlight" by Sarah E. Fagan
2008 Fall Fashion Week with Designer Denise Hajjar at M2L, Boston, Massachusetts, Solo exhibit for Hajjar and Fall Fashion Week Event
2008 It’s All About Arts, BNN Cable TV, Boston, Massachusetts, Live TV Interview discussing life as an artist and contemporary acrylic paintings.
2008 The Women’s Fund of Essex County, Danvers, Massachusetts, Hand in Hand
(cut-paper collage), designed and created "Story Card" template displaying each individual’s success story at each table for their Annual Grant Awards Luncheon
2008 Manchester Arts Festival, Manchester, Massachusetts, Summer
(cut-paper collage), designed and created marketing materials and banners for First Annual Event, Juror for participating artisans
2007 The Boston Globe Magazine, Boston, Massachusetts, Meadow (acrylic on 6 canvas panels) featured in "Selecting Fine Art for Your Kitchen and Bath" by Terry House
2006 Finishing Line Press, Georgetown, Kentucky, cover illustrations for "Birding in Winter", June 2006 winner – poetry chapbook by Susan Edwards Richmond
2005 Hospice of the North Shore, Danvers, Massachusetts, Monday
, Late September
, and Out Back
, three works for corporate installation for the Kaplan Hospice House, southwest lobby area
2003 Affiliated Managers Group, Prides Crossing, Massachusetts, AMG I
, II
, III, IV, four mixed-media collage works, commissioned, designed and created for corporate headquarters’ executive lounge
1999 - 2002 The Larcom Review, Prides Crossing, Massachusetts, 3 illustrations for Spring/Summer 2002 Volume Four - Issue One, Spring/Summer 2000 Volume Two - Issue One,Fall/Winter 1999 Volume One - Issue Two, Ann Perrott, Publisher
1995 Pleiades (Arts Around Boston Magazine), Boston, Massachusetts, Last Dip
, cut-paper collage,
Summer Cover Award, Juried by Barbara Rizza-Mellon, Editor and CEO
Professional Art Memberships and Gallery Representation:
• National Association of Women Artists, since 2015
• Oil Painters of America, since 2016
• Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators, since 2014
• National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, since 2007
• The Saltbox Gallery, Topsfield, Massachusetts 1994 - 1999, 2013 - present
• Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, Massachusetts, since 2015
• Guild of American Paper Cutters, Somerset, Pennsylvania, 2007 - present
• North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1993 - 2015
• Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2001 - 2008
• The Canvas Group, Boston, Massachusetts, 2008 - 2010, 2014 - 2015
• Guild of Beverly Artists, Beverly, MA, 1990 to 2007
Corporate Giving:
• Cradles To Crayons, Brighton, Massachusetts
• Boston Public Gardens, Boston, Massachusetts
• North Shore AIDS Project, Prides Crossing, Massachusetts
• Family Health Center of Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
• The Women’s Fund of Essex County, Danvers, Massachusetts
• Habitat for Humanity (Affordable Housing Coalition), Beverly, Massachusetts
• Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts
• Bay Cove Human Services, Boston, Massachusetts
• Wellspring House, Gloucester, Massachusetts
• S.A.F.E. Studio, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts
• Friends of The Beverly Hospital, Beverly, Massachusetts
• Family Promise – Northshore, Beverly, Massachusetts
Education and Continuing Education:
University of Lowell (now called UMass at Lowell), Lowell, Massachusetts
Bachelor of Sciences in Music Education (1978)
Art History (1977)
Sculpture & 3-D Design (1977)
Oil Painting (1977) at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Beach Street Studios, Manchester, Massachusetts (since 1999)
Building this studio/gallery business from the ground up to include: Designing - logo, signage, labels and all marketing materials, Selling – customer relations and promotions, bookkeeping procedures and goals, and Capital improvements - the building and landscape
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts
Collage Techniques and Theory - Yvonne Trabucco (2005)
Realist Painting Methods - Harry Bartnick (1994)
The Business of Art - Maryanne Wenniger (1992)
Life Drawing - George Gabin (1991, 1992)
Drawing I - Barbara Moody (1990, 1991)
2-D Design - Rose Olson (1990, 1991)
Pen & Ink Methods - Ralph Scott (1990)
Professional Oil Painting Critiques with John Terelak (2003, 2004), David Curtis (2003) and Natalie Bachellor (1997-2001)