Artist Statement
In many of my drawings objects, like thoughts, are held in a tenuous relation to one another, seemingly unrelated yet anchored in a structured pictorial space. Some affinities are provided to the viewer while others remain ambiguous and, as in dreams, may be the result of memory, longing, or prescience.
My work draws upon inner sources of personal history in combination with close observation of light and form. Much of the time, I have no preconceived plan for the image other than to draw to the requirements of an internal logic that begins to present itself as I go, a progression of possibilities that may initially be engendered by something said, something read, or something experienced. The environment evolves as a dialogue between inner and outer spaces, sometimes presided over by a “narrator” of sorts (the moth, the face). I ask the viewer to engage in a suspension of disbelief in order to participate in the image.
Objects help me to make sense of my life. In this capacity, they are objects to which I am devoted, symbolic perhaps of those things that occur and recur throughout a lifetime. When placed in certain visual situations they can provide both structure and meaning if we remain receptive to them.
Education
M.A. Studio Art, State University of New York at Albany, 1979
B.A. Studio Art, State University College at Fredonia, NY, 1976
Professional Experience
1988-present Master of Art on the Bunn Family Distinguished Teaching Chair,
The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
1999-2006 Visual Art Department Chair, The Lawrenceville School
1992-present Gallery Director, Marguerite & James Hutchins Gallery
(formerly the Allan P. Kirby Arts Center Gallery)
The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
1985-88 Graphic Designer and Illustrator, freelance
1980-93 Restoration Artist, Grady Stewart Porcelain Restoration, Philadelphia, PA
1978-79 Drawing Instructor, State University of New York at Albany
1978-79 Art Instructor grades K-12, Albany Academy for Girls, Albany, New York
Work in Permanent Collections
Rider University
Mercer County Cultural and Heritage Commission
The Wm. & Uytendale Scott Memorial Study Collection, Bryn Mawr College Library
University of Delaware
The College of New Jersey
Central Penn National Bank
State University of New York at Albany
Selected Exhibitions
2011 Solo Exhibition: Bodies of Work, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
2011 Unabashed, Dacia Gallery, New York City
2011 Born of Wonder: Children & Nature, Matthews Gallery, Johnson Education Center, Princeton, NJ
2010 Harlequin’s Troop, Dacia Gallery, New York City
2010 Visual Metaphor, Pierro Gallery of South Orange, NJ
2010 24th Annual Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
2009 In Person: A Celebration of the Human Form, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA
2008 Favorite Things, The Gallery at Mercer County College, NJ
2008 ArtFall, Gallery 125, Trenton, NJ
2008 Pride in the Human Form, Boi’s of New Hope Gallery, PA
2008 Summer Exhibition, Gallery 125, Trenton, NJ
2008 A Matter of Perspective: Our Personal Landscape, Marie L. Matthews Gallery, Johnson Education Center, Princeton, NJ
2007 Gemma Art Foundation: Jamie Greenfield and Anna Neis, Princeton, NJ
2007 Works on Paper, Main Line Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Winter Exhibition, Gallery 125, Trenton, NJ
2007 Mercer County Artists 2007, The Gallery at Mercer County College, NJ
2006 Mercer County Artists 2006, The Gallery at Mercer County College, NJ
2005 Mercer County Artists 2005, The Gallery at Mercer County College, NJ
2003 Three Artists, Present Day Club, Princeton, NJ
2002 Mercer County Artists 2002, The Gallery at Mercer County College, NJ
2001 Solo Exhibition Objects of Devotion, Kent Place Gallery, Summit, NJ
2001 Contemporary Still Life: Vanitas to Veritas, The Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
2001 Mercer County Artists 2001* The Gallery at Mercer County College, NJ
2000 Dreamscapes/Landscapes, Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ
1999 Mercer County Artists, The Gallery at Mercer County College, NJ
1999 Fedora Café, Lawrenceville, NJ
1998 Alumni Invitational, Michael C. Rockefeller Gallery, Fredonia, NY
1998 Mercer County Artists** The Gallery at Mercer County College, NJ
1996 Solo Exhibition Towpath House, New Hope, PA
1996 Artists in the Kitchen, Krasdale Foods Art Gallery, White Plains, NY
1996 Artists in the Kitchen, University Art Museum, SUNY at Albany
1996 Priva B. Gross International Works On/Of Paper, Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, NYC
1995 The Shrine, Princeton Arts Council Gallery, Princeton, NJ
1995 Mercer County Artists, The Gallery at Mercer County College, NJ
1993 TAWA Annual, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, Trenton, NJ
1992 New Jersey Educators as Artists, Wilson Art Gallery, Glassboro State College, NJ
1992 Drawing From Within, Rider College Art Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ
1992 The Educator’s Eye, Allan P. Kirby Arts Center Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ
1991 Mercer County Artists* The Gallery at Mercer County College, NJ
1991 Priva B. Gross International Works On/Of Paper, Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, NYC
1984 Annual Invitational Exhibition, Cheltenham Art Center, PA
1983 15th Annual New Talent Exhibition, Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1983 National Drawing ’83 ** Holman Gallery, The College of New Jersey
1983 WCA Philadelphia, Women: Self Image, Philadelphia Art Alliance, PA
1981 Birmingham Biennial, Birmingham Museum of Art, AL
1980 19th Annual Regional Exhibition** University of Delaware
1979 Mohawk-Hudson Regional, University Art Gallery, Albany, NY
1975 Western New York Regional Exhibition of Women Artists, Michael C. Rockefeller Gallery, Fredonia, NY
*Juror’s Award
**Purchase Prize
