I am an artist, primarily a landscape painter, living in Central New York. I exhibit regularly in solo and group exhibitions in nationally-recognized venues, and am currently represented by the Locks Gallery in Philadelphia, where I most recently had a one-person exhibition in October of 2008. I have received recognition for my work and a number of awards including a 2006 New York State Council for the Arts Fellowship, a 2004 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting, a NYFA Special Opportunity Stipend in 2004, Ballinglen Foundation Residencies in Ireland in 2006 and 2004, two Saltonstall Foundation Grant Awards in 2002 and 1997, the Milton Avery Foundation Fellowship to the Millay Colony in 1996, a MacDowell Colony Fellowship in 1990, a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award in1990, a National Endowment for the Arts Grant Award in1989 and an Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant Award in1981. I received my M.F.A. in Painting from the University of Pennsylvania in 1981 as well as a B.F.A. in Painting and a B.A. in English in 1979 also from the University of Pennsylvania

I currently live in Fayetteville, NY with my husband and three daughters and am an Associate Professor at the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. I teach Drawing, Color and Painting. In 2004, I received an Outstanding Faculty Award from the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

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