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Exotic places and ancient civilizations have fascinated me since I was a child and received a peso in a summer Spanish class. Through the years, I’ve been lucky to travel to many countries, to look at ruins and to witness lives very different from my own.
 

My recent paintings reflect my belief that all of mankind is connected to each other and to the planet. Life threads through space and through time. The energy of all that has come before us and all that will follow can provide us with guidance as we, individually, create our lives.

My inspiration is primitive art as well as early abstract art. Symbols are borrowed from a variety of cultures. The paintings tend to be a composite of images remembered, my own emotions and my curiosity about the mystery in the world. Bright colors express my joy in painting and my optimism in the evolution of our being.


Selected Exhibitions (*Solo Shows)

* Charlotte County Administration Center, May/June 2005
Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice, Spring 2005
Charlotte County Cultural Center, Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, “Charley –
Through the Eyes of the

Artists”, Jan/Feb 2005
United Way Redfish Sculpture Auction, June 2004
Goff Gallery, Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, FL, four person show, Mar 2004,  July/Aug 2000
Summer Mood Café, Punta Gorda, FL, four person show, April 2003
* IMPAC University, March 2001
* Leenhouts Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, “Buds, Boats & Buildings”, Sept/Oct 1999
Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, “1998 Wisconsin Sesquicentennial”,
Dec/Jan 1999
* Café Continental, Brookfield, WI, Nov-Jan 1999
Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI, “Winter Juried Exhibit”, Nov/Dec 1998
* Sunset Playhouse Gallery, Elm Grove, WI, “Wallflower Series”, July 1998
West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI, “Washington County & Art Museum
Friends”, Dec 1998, Dec 1997
ArtCentric Inc. Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, “The Body”, Feb ’97; “The Land”,
Apr/May ’97; “Playtime & Pastime”, Sept ‘97
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI, “Watercolor Wisconsin”,
Nov/Dec 1997
Art Independent Gallery, Lake Geneva, WI, Spring Show 1997
Bay View Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, “Impressions of Self”, Jan/Feb 1997
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI, “Founded in Milwaukee:
Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors”, Nov 1996

Membership
Charlotte County Art Guild
Charlotte County Arts & Humanities
Women Contemporary Artists, Sarasota

Education
BA, MBA University of Wisconsin at Madison
Art classes at Wisconsin community colleges, Milwaukee Art Museum
Docent at Milwaukee Art Museum
Wisconsin Arts Board Grant, 1998