I grew up in the home that my great grandfather designed and built in Concord Massachusetts.  An unorthodox Victorian home with oval rooms, curved windows, hidden spaces, full of family relics; a place that sparked magical thinking. In the front yard lived a beautiful copper beech and silver maple whose carved bark displayed ancestral names.

My mother’s extended family is from Westport, Massachusetts. We spent our summers in a home that floated to its current destination in the 1938 hurricane on my grandparent’s property. Family mythology was and is abundant. Always aware of early and present time and whose footsteps we might be tracing.

I graduated from UMass Amherst with a BFA in ceramics, followed by an MFA at Rhode Island School of Design. My art work began as three -dimensional clay work, painted with brilliant color and patterns. Evolution moved me to two-dimensional work on paper and an examination and interpretation of trees. Forest tramping in search of an extraordinary tree is my True North. 

My work has been shown in many one and two person exhibitions throughout the United States. I have taught workshops in Bratislava, Slovakia, been awarded several faculty development grants, received Massachusetts council grants, and lectured on the history of boats and biomimicry. 

I’ve been teaching “Spatial Dynamics” in RISD’s foundation program since graduating. My assignments have ranged from wood sled making and large functional cardboard boats, to building wood egg tools that pick up, crack and beat eggs. 

My husband and I built a home in Dartmouth that houses two studios. Our artwork is intermingled with our sprawling garden, maze meadows and the beginnings of a small arboretum. Each new tree becomes an inspiration for my next artwork. The variations are endless.