I had an idyllic childhood. My first memory is wheeling about on a tricycle in a yard flanked by a field dotted with sheep on one side and a snake den on the other. My first significant piece of art was a picture of a Coca-Cola bottle, entitled "Soda Not Being Drunk" at age four.

Grade school was equally memorable except for two unfortunate incidences. The first occurred when I caught my dress on the top of a slide and descended without the skirt. The second was when I was called into the principal's office for brawling on school grounds. Needless to report I was always called on for school murals and art projects of all kinds.

High School was made infinitely exciting by my ability to decorate the margins of my text books. My Headmistress told my mother years later, that the Latin text book was the most special.

In High School I was fortunate to have Sanford Lowe as my art instructor. He was the director of the New Britain Museum of Art and a fine painter himself. He was responsible for helping to create its magnificent collection of American art including Andrew Wyeth and the wonderful American impressionists such as Childe Hassam and Frederick Frieseke. This was what I thought art was supposed to be and what I wanted to emulate. I have not changed my opinion.

Education
The Chaffee-Loomis School (Windsor, Connecticut)
The Boston Museum School
Studied drawing and painting with Sanford Low, Director and founder of the New Britain Museum of Art.
Studied painting with artist Eugene Tonoff of Providence, Rhode Island

Exhibitions
· 1969 Rhode Island Art Festival (Providence, Rhode Island) Providence Journal Purchase Prize
· The Tonoff Gallery, (Providence, Rhode Island) Individual show, 1970
· The Hatch Awards, 1975 (Boston, Massachusetts.)
· 1978 Providence Art Club (Providence, Rhode Island) First Prize, Drawing
· Society of Illustrators 1981 International Traveling Exhibit of American Illustrators
· Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibit of American Illustration, (New York City) 22nd and 23rd Shows
· 1985 Advertising Club of Rhode Island, Best of Show - Illustration
· 14th, 15th & 16th Annual Portrait Shows, Francesca Anderson Gallery (Lexington Massachusetts)
· 1996 Providence Art Club (Providence, Rhode Island)
· 1997 Annual Awards Show, The Copley Society (Boston, Massachusetts)
· 1997 Fall Members Show, The Copley Society (Boston, Massachusetts) Recipient of the Robb Sagendorph
   Memorial Award*
· 1998 Invitational New Members Show, The Copley Society (Boston, Massachusetts)
· 1998 Invitational Portrait Show, The Copley Society (Boston, Massachusetts)
· 2000 J. R. Rowbottom Gallery, Cumberland, Rhode Island
· 2003 Copley Society Portrait Invitational
· 2004 Best of Contemporary Portraitists , The Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts
· 2005, 2006 Finalist , "The Artist Magazine"
· 2005 Feature article, "The Artist Magazine"

*In awarding her the Sagendorph Memorial Award from Yankee Magazine (portrait of Mother and Child), awards juror, Jeffery B. Chase, of the Chase Gallery, Boston, commented; "The painting is an excellent example of
portraiture in the tradition of the Boston School. The artist handles action adeptly, and I was most impressed with the subtle gradations within the shadows."

Clients
Cosmopolitan
Red Book
Ladies Home Journal
McCalls
Pepsi Cola
Warner Brothers
Columbia Pictures
Orion Pictures
Nortek Corporation
Mr. Joseph Frisella
Mrs. Byron Ford
Mrs. Christopher Franklyn
Mrs. and Mrs. Steven Lavallee
Rev. and Mrs. Carl Guiney
Mr. and Mrs. William Davis
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Zilberfarb

Collections
Providence Journal Bulletin (Providence, Rhode Island)
Tennis Hall of Fame (Newport, Rhode Island)
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bready (Newport, Rhode Island)
Mrs. Natalie Weiner (Providence, Rhode Island)
Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Franklyn (Burlington, Vermont)
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Paolino (East Greenwich, Rhode Island)
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Frisella (Narragansett, Rhode Island)
Mr. and Mrs. Craig J. Millard (Palm Beach, Florida)

Other
Drawing Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design