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Bio
I was born in Bar Harbor, Maine in 1953. I spent my earliest years in
Sullivan and school years in Machias. I currently reside in Gorham, though
had maintained dual residences in Baltimore and Maine for many years. For
numerous generations both sides of my family have resided in downeast,
Maine. My father was a naturalist/fishery biologist for the state. For
many years I have maintained a summer studio in Lamoine, overlooking
Frenchman Bay and the Cadillac Mountain range.
Although I have
visited many European museums and U.S. collections, I have become more and
more immersed in this region’s rich art heritage-visiting artist’s
studios, art colonies and galleries of Maine, as well as collecting Maine
art as we can afford it. My husband is also a Maine native and collector
of Maine art.
I attended University
of Maine at Orono and Boston University as well as doing post-graduate
work at University of Maryland. Though a self-taught painter, I have
taken courses in art history, and art therapy. As a teen-ager, regional
watercolorist Ed Foster was kind enough to tutor me. Also, I have received
regular critiques by Val Binder, graduate of Maryland institute. The Maine
landscape itself has been my best teacher, igniting my passion for
painting as well as poetry.
The artists who have
painted Maine have intrigued me the most, including Monhegan watercolor
artists Brooks, Goldsmith, and Fitzgerald. I have received the honor of
two wonderful residencies-The Carina House Residency 2005, on Monhegan
Island and The Acadia National Park Artist in Residency 2006 at Schoodic
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