Art has always brought me joy. At first I always got in trouble, doodling on my brown paper school book covers, drawing on my bedroom wall when it was dark so that I could wake up in the morning and see what I had drawn. Classes in high school introduced me to the many different media and styles of art. I particularly enjoyed drawing and painting plants and flowers.
Economics made me choose nursing school over art school, regulating my art work to a hobby. Fast forward a lot of years when a Master Gardener friend saw my drawing and suggested that I take classes in Botanical Art and Illustration. It has become a pleasure to rekindle my skills and learn new ones. Close observation and line drawings are followed by detailed sketches and color choices to become a final product. The rhythm and the movement of a drawing across the page becomes a dance on paper that I can now share with you.
EDUCATION:
Certificate of Botanical Illustration from Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture 2019
Principal Certified Master Gardener, Mass. Horticultural Society 2008
AFFILIATIONS:
American Society of Botanical Artists
New England Society of Botanical Artists
Massachusetts Master Gardener Association
SHOWS:
Boston Flower Show, Spring 2014
River, Textile and Dye Plants, Lowell, MA 2015
Boston Flower Show, Spring 2016
The Art of the Woody Plant, Arnold Arboretum, Summer 2016
The Art of Science/The Science of Art, Massasoit Community College, Fall 2016
Boston Flower Show, Spring 2017
14th Annual Blanche Ames National Juried Art Exhibition, Fall 2017
“RAW,” NESBA Members Juried Exhibition, September 2017
Boston Flower Show, Spring 2018
Boston Flower Show, Spring 2019
Shaker Gifts: Seeds, Herbs & Medicinal Plants, Harvard, MA, May-Sept 2019
Boston Flower Show, Spring 2020
Tower Hill Flower Show, Boylston, MA, Spring 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19)