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The human condition has always been my subject. My figures are symbolic images which are derived from personal experience, imagination and dreams. The rough, imperfect and scarred surfaces of my mixed-media monotypes metaphorically reveal the fragility of both the earth and all the life on it.

These works of art express my belief that only when we can live in A harmonious relationship with all living creatures can we truly fulfill our potential as human beings.
 

My paintings are created from a process of rolling on plexiglass layers of ink which are transferred to Japanese papers by pressure. This becomes a monotype as I add collage elements, pastel and watercolor pencils and crayons. Then I reprint and re-layer until the surface is highly textured and deeply colored, and the painting speaks to me of my feelings about the natural world.


SELECTED EXHIBITS

Florida Art Group - Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL. - 2005
30th Anniversary Exhibition - ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL. - 2003
"Testing Boundaries" - Suburban Fine Arts, Highland Park, IL. - 2001
"lIliana Artists 6th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition" - Chesterton Art Gallery,
Chesterton, IN. - 2001

National Collage Society, Inc. - Wickendon Gallery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH -1998

25th Anniversary Exhibition - ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL -1998
"Equal Spirits" - University of Maryland, University College, College Park, MD - 1996
Two Artist Exhibit - Lydon Fine Art, Inc.,  Chicago, IL - 1996

"Deep Water" - Sarasota Visual Art Center, Sarasota, FL - 1996-1997
National Collage Society, Inc. - Lakeland Community College Fine Arts Gallery,

Kirtland, OH-1996
Two Artist Exhibit - Lydon Fine Art, Inc., Chicago, IL - 1995

Malton Gallery, Cincinnati, OH - 1994
"Three Women Exhibit"-Lydon Fine Art, Inc., Chicago, IL - 1994
Illinois State Fair Professional Art Exhibition - Springfield, IL - 1993
20th Anniversary Exhibition - A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL -1993
Lydon Fine Art, Inc., Chicago, IL - 1993
North American Artists Invitational - Museum Without Walls International,

Bemus Point, NY -1993
"Expressions of Animal Awareness" - Art Link, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN - 1993
Lydon Fine Art, Inc., Chicago, IL - 1992
"New Horizons in Art" - Skokie, IL - 1992
LaGrange National XVII- Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum,

 LaGrange, GA -1992
Lydon Fine Art, Inc., Chicago, IL - 1992
Chautauqua International. Exhibition of Art - Museum Without Walls,

Bemus Point, NY - 1991
Lydon Fine Art, Inc., Chicago, IL -1991
41 st Annual Quad-State Juried Exhibition - The Quincy Art Center,

Quincy, IL -1991
North Coast Collage Society Seventh Annual Exhibit, Stocker Center Gallery, Lorain Comm. Col., Elyria, OH -1991
Lydon Fine Art, Inc., Chicago, IL - 1990
One Artist Exhibit - Evanston Art Center - 1990
11 th University of Dallas National Print Invitational- Haggar University Gallery, Irving, TX, and traveling throughout Texas - 1989-1991
Censorship Exhibit - A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL - 1989
Two Artist Exhibit - A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL - 1989
32 Annual Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition - Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI -1989 Dakotas 100 International Exhibition - Mind's Eye Gallery, Dickinson State University, Dickinson, NO; University Art Galleries, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SO - 1988
"Paper in Particular National Exhibition" - Columbia College, Columbia, MO - 1988 Two Artist Exhibit - A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL -1987
Two Artist Exhibit - Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Northwestern University,

 Evanston, IL -1987
Two Artist Exhibit - A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL -1985
One Artist Exhibit - A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL - 1984
10th Anniversary Exhibition - A.R.C. Gallery - 1984
Two Artist Exhibit - Swen Parson Gallery, Northern Illinois University,

DeKalb, IL - 1983

"Psychic Territoriality in the Post Modern Era" - NAB Gallery,

Chicago, IL - 1983
"Art on the Edge" - A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL -1983
One Artist Exhibit - Illinois Central College, Peoria, IL - 1983
Two Artist Exhibit - A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL - 1981
One Artist Exhibit, Raw Space - A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL -1980
Countryside Art Center, Arlington Heights, IL -1977,1978
"Women's Concepts" - Countryside Art Center - 1976
Art League Incorporated, Alexandria, VA -1973-1974
One Artist Exhibit- Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C. -1972
Art for Government Buildings - 1972-1974

PUBLISHED

Human Sexuality in a World of Diversity - Spring 1993, p. 629
Art & Antiques Magazine - October 1992, p. 22
College Art Assoc. Journal- Winter 1991, Vol. 50 No.4, pp. 81, 82

Watercolor. An American Artist Publication - Spring 1997, p.96
 

AWARDS

Lifetime membership - National Collage Society, Inc. -1998

Honorarium - ArtIink, Inc. - 1993

Award Of Merit - Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum - 1992
Visiting Artist - Illinois Central College - 1983
Project Completion Grant -Illinois Arts Council-1981
Lecture Honorarium - A.RC. National Endowment for the Arts - 1981 Honorarium - A.R.C. Raw Space - 1980
Project Completion Grant -Illinois Arts Council - 1979

POSITIONS

Monotype Workshops - 1990-1994
Truman College Faculty - 1986-1987
Elected Director of A.R.C. Gallery -1981-1982
Lecturer at Art and Educational Organizations - 1979-1983
Art Encounter/Outreach Programs for the Elderly - 1978-1980
Featured in Nationally Televised Film, "Learning for a Lifetime," Kingsbury Lab School - 1971 Kingsbury Lab School - Designed and taught arts-oriented programs for children with learning disabilities, Washington, D.C. -1968-1971
Georgetown Day School Art Teacher - 1967

EDUCATION
Postgraduate study, School of the Art Institute -1989,1990,1993,1996 Postgraduate study, Northshore Art League Print Workshops - 1987-1993 Postgraduate study, National College of Education - 1979
Postgraduate study with Gene Davis, Washington D.C. -1973-1974
B.A., University of Maryland - 1973

GALLERY AFFILIATION

Lydon Fine Art, Inc. - Chicago, Illinois

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co

MacArthur Foundation

McDonald's Corporation

American Medical Association.

Howard Johnson & Co.

University of Dallas
Patrick J. Kenneally, Ltd.

Wexford Underwriters, Inc.