ABOUT THE ARTIST
I retired from a thirty-year career in Social Work and Health Care Research to pursue my interests in Art and Photography. For many years, I lived in the metropolitan area of Washington, DC, but now my primary home is Albrightsville, a small, scenic village in the Pocono Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania. I spend much of my time traveling and taking photographs in the most picturesque settings that I can find. I particularly enjoy the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida and the American Southwest. When I am in Pennsylvania, I share my mountain home with my husband, three cats, and a dog.
I show and sell my Photographs in many Art Shows in Pennsylvania.
My work is also available in Art Galleries in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Since beginning my new career, I have won many honors and prizes. I cannot imagine doing anything that I would enjoy more.
RESUME
Education
2007 Workshop "Monument Valley - Canyon de Chelly" Friends of Arizona Highways
2006 Workshop "The Maine Landscape" Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME
2005 Workshop "Sense of Place", Milford, PA
2002 and 2003 - Master Workshops in Landscape and Architectural Photography
1999 - 2003 18 Credits - Photography, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
Photography, Art and Design courses at MS Womens' University and CTC
Selected Shows, Exhibition, and Awards
2009
First Place - Photography, Lansdale Art in the Park, Lansdale, PA
One Photograph selected for the 2009 Art of the State, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Won the Inn at Phillips Mill Award, Phillips Mill Photographic Exhibition, New Hope, PA
Second Place - Photography, Carbon County Art League Show, Jim Thorpe, PA Honorable Mention- Photography, Pocono Arts Council Show, Stroudsburg, PA
2008
First Place, Photography and People's Choice Award, Palmerton Concourse Club Art Show, Palmerton, PA
Second Place, Photography, Carbon County Art League Members Show, Jim Thorpe, PA
Two Person Show, "Double Vision," Gallery 408, Olyphant, PA
Two Person Show, "Once Upon a Time in the West", Palmerton Frame & Gallery, Palmerton, PA
2007
Second Place, Art in the Park, Chestnuthill Center, Brodheadsville, PA
Second Place, Stroudmoor Inn, Annual Art Exhibition, Stroudsburg, PA
Two Person Show,"'Scapes", Palmerton Frame and Gallery, Palmerton, PA
2006
First Place, Photography, Carbon County Art League Members Show, Jim Thorpe, PA
2005
"A Moment in Time", Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
First Place, Photography, Art on the Lake, Guntersville, AL
Juried Members Show, Banana Factory Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2004
First Honors - Color, Northeast Photo Club Exhibit, Old Forge, PA
Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA, Northeast Photo Club Exhibit
Washington Gallery of Photography, Bethesda, MD
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I have always loved the process of creating art and when I explored Photography, it quickly became my favorite medium. When I look through the camera, the scene magically becomes a balance of light and dark, positive and negative spaces; and I see lines and patterns and then new details emerge.
I see things that were previously unnoticed.
My belief is that viewing the world through a camera is to really See, not just Look. My goal, as a photographer, is to engage my viewers and help them See something that they previously failed to notice. I hope this will increase their own creativity, awareness, and enjoyment of our world.
I use both film and digital cameras when shooting. For film, I prefer a Mamiya 6x7 Medium Format. After the film is processed, I scan the negatives and print digitally. My digital camera is a Canon 5D. I do all my own printing with an Epson 4800 printer, using archival inks and papers. All my photograph mounting, matting, and framing is done with archival materials.
A special "Thanks" to my good friend, Cristian Satana, of Santiago, Chile and Venice, Florida
for my portrait photograph.