ARTIST STATEMENT
In 2020 I began to photograph flower portraits. I posed cut flowers with various backgrounds and reflective surfaces. Light painting techniques make the images more dramatic. I experimented with different types of light sources, light movements and timing, and under/over exposures.
Next I moved my floral photography underwater into an aquarium. Inks and paints are injected to swirl around the flowers, creating drama and atmosphere. There is a 1 to 2 minute window where I can get a clear shot before the water becomes too murky. This makes for a quick, tense, energetic shooting session. Sometimes I get nothing, and sometimes I get magic! I call this new series, Submerged.
BIOGRAPHY
I earned an MFA from Pratt Institute in Art to Wear Jewelry Design. My jewelry was featured in many national and international exhibitions and galleries. But I have always taken photos. I switched to photography as my main medium about 10 years ago. My photos have been published in a book on Yosemite and featured on several travel websites.
EXHIBITIONS
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, “Botanicals”, 2024
The Naturalist Gallery, “Nature Exhibit”, 2024
Photo Artfolio, Online Gallery, “Beauty Illuminated”, 2024 and “Colorscape”, 2024, $500. 1st Place Prize,
The Chateau Gallery, Louisville, KY, “The Abstract Image”, and “Monochrome”, 2024
Saint Louis Art Gallery, Oxford, UK, “Life and Hope” International Exhibition, and a Solo Exhibit, 2024
KBM Art Gallery, Riverside CA, “Best of 2023 Exhibit”
International Photography Hall of Fame Competition, $1000 Grand Prize Award, 2023
Greater Bay Area Open, 2023
6th St. Art Studios, “Red”, 2023
CAL International, Conroe, TX, 2023
The Truist Gallery, Wilson, NC, 2022 National Multi-Media Juried Art Show, 2022
RI Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI, “Black, White, and all the Grays Between, 2022
Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR, “Chasing Ghosts VII: Art that Pierces the Veil through Remembrance, Legacy, and Beyond”, 2022
Loosen Gallery, Rome, Italy, “The Ephemeral and Evanescence Perception”, 2022
Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, “This Is Now”
Wickford Art Association, E Greenwich, RI, “Botanicals”
County Building, Santa Cruz, CA “Arts Council Exhibit”
Fairfield Suison Visual Arts Association, CA, ” 58th Annual Art Exhibit”, 1st place, color photography and “59th Annual Art Exhibit, 1st place, color photography
Modern Visual Arts Gallery, Bethlehem, PA, ‘Celebrate Art”
Flagler County Art League, FL, “Picture This!”
Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA, “The 13th Annual Juried Art Show”
Healdsburg Center for the Arts, CA, “Glimpses of Illumination”
The Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray, KT, “The Magic Silver Show”
JCOS ArtHaus, Los Gatos, CA
Spanish Peaks Art Council, CO,” 2021 Photography Show”
Edward A Dixon Gallery, Dayton OH, “Joy, This is Just What I Needed”
The Ohanlon Center in Mill Valley CA, “Women Artists Making Their Mark” and “Monochromatic”
Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, “The Second Half”
The Marin Society of Arts, CA, “Exposed 2021”, and “Through the Lens”
Decode Gallery, Tucson, AZ, “Blue”, and “Flora and Fauna”
The Boomer Gallery, London, England, “Boomer Week’
The Santa Cruz Art League
The Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
The Pajaro Valley Arts Gallery, Watsonville, CA
The Acropolis Restoration Project, Athens, Greece