ARTIST STATEMENT:

My current body of work is a series of monotypes -- a painterly form of printmaking in which no two images are alike. This series is about motion, and the monotype, in particular, lends itself to spontaneity.

The method I use is subtractive or dark-field. I ink a Plexiglas plate entirely with water-based ink and then work out the image by using different types of textures until I reach the desired effect. My prints have been inspired by the transient movements of turbulent weather, shooting stars, and even the bounce of a grasshopper. All other pieces in this series evoke a sense of movement, whether created by energy or emotion.

AFFILIATIONS:

Cheltenham Printmakers Guild and American Color Print Society

AWARDS:

Best of Show; Chairperson’s Award for Printmaking; Cheltenham Art Center Printmaking Guild Award; Dottie Sloane Memorial Award; Juror’s Choice Award - Best of Show; Most Creative Award; American Color Print Society Stella Drabkin Memorial Award; Stone House Art and Collectibles Award for Abstract Art; Allegheny Art Company Award; Print Guild Award in Honor of Nina Magil Hausner; ACPS 2020 Spring Exhibition Award.

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:

SeniorLaw Center and The Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly (CARIE) - Philadelphia, PA; Florida International University Art & Art History Department - Miami Beach, FL; Iowa State University College of Design Art Gallery - Ames, IA; Several private collections.

SELECTED JURIED AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

Pennsylvania: Art of the State, The State Museum of Pennsylvania; Art in City Hall; Germantown Academy Arts Center Gallery; Pennsylvania State Capital, East Wing of the Rotunda; Atrium Gallery Marshall Fine Arts Center; Widener University Art Gallery; Old City Jewish Art Center; Wayne Art Center; Chestnut Hill Gallery; Franklin & Marshall College, Rothman Gallery, Phillips Museum of Art.

New Jersey: Perkins Center for the Arts; Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences

Florida: Big Arts Gallery; Florida International University Art & Art History Department

Texas: Fort Worth Community Arts Center