Curriculum Vitae

Education and Background

Participation in ceramic workshops over the years with instructors including: Terri Kern, Carole Gouthro, Bill Shinn, Vince Pitelka

2004 – 2009   Stanwood House, Advanced Ceramics, Stanwood, WA
2003              move to Camano Island, WA from Natick, MA
2001 – 2003   Danforth Museum School, Advanced Painting & Visionary Painting, Framingham, MA
2002               Expeditions to Amazon Jungle, Ecuador, South America
2001               Travel to Jungle in Belize and Guatemala, Central America
1998               Expeditions to Amazon Jungle, Ecuador, South America
1993               De Cordova Museum School, Printmaking, Lincoln, MA
1988               Harvard Graduate School of Design, interior design study
1981               Boston Architectural College, interior design study
1980              began “Urban Scenes” freelance display and design business
1974               University of Akron, Ohio, BFA
1967               White Plains High School, NY
1959               PS 46, Queens, NY
1949               Born, New York, New York

 

Group, Juried and Invitational Exhibitions

2025     Arts at the Port Annual Juried Exhibition, Anacortes, WA

2025     Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA

2024     Honey I Shrunk the Art, Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, WA

2024     Arts Alive Open Show, La Conner, WA

2024     Rooted on Camano, Gateway Gallery, Camano Island, WA

2024     Fowl Play Invitational, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA

2023     Group Show, Cassera Art Gallery, Stanwood, WA

2023     Honey I Shrunk the Art, Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, WA

2023     Emerge, Gallery W, La Conner, WA

2023     Guest Artist, Parklane Gallery, Kirkland, WA

2023     Arts Alive Open Show, La Conner, WA

2023     Flock Invitational, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA

2022     Honey I Shrunk the Art, Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, WA

2022     Arts Alive Open Show, La Conner, WA

2022     10x10x10 Tieton Juried Exhibition, Tieton, WA

2022     Arts at the Port Annual Juried Exhibition, Anacortes, WA

2021     Arts Alive Open Show, La Conner, WA

2021     Honey I Shrunk the Art, Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, WA

2021     Arts at the Port Annual Juried Exhibition, Anacortes, WA

2021     Spring Exhibition, Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, WA

2021     Guest Artist in May & June, Parklane Gallery, Kirkland, WA

2021     Birdland Invitational, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA

2020     Honey I Shrunk the Art, Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, WA

2020     Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA

2020     Birds Eye View Invitational, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA

2019      Rexville Grange Art Show, Mt. Vernon, WA

2019     Camano Island Studio Tour, Camano Island, WA
2019      Honey I Shrunk the Art, Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, WA
2019      Arts Alive Open Show, La Conner, WA
2019      Dive In, Hadrian Art Gallery, Edison WA
2019      Anacortes Arts Festival Arts at the Port Exhibition, Anacortes, WA
2019      Strange Birds, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2018      Camano Island Studio Tour, Camano Island, WA
2018      Honey I Shrunk the Art, Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, WA
2018      Ladies of the Island, Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA
2017      Objectification 10, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2017      Arts Alive Invitational, La Conner, WA
2017      Camano Island Studio Tour, Camano Island, WA
2017      Honey I Shrunk the Art, Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, WA
2016      Winter Birds, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2016      Camano Island Studio Tour, Camano Island, WA
2015      Between, Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA
2015      Art in Bloom, Depot Arts Center, Anacortes, WA
2015      Anything Goes, Cascade Clay Artists Exhibition, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
2014      Green Art, Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, WA
2013      Handmade Tile Show, Artisan Tile Northwest, Seattle, WA
2013      Honey I Shrunk the Art, Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, WA
2012      Artisan Tile Northwest, Handmade Tile Show. Seattle, WA
2012      Embracing The Edge, Cascade Clay Artists Exhibition, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
2012      Anacortes Arts Festival 2012 Arts at the Port Annual Juried Exhibition
2011      Fate of the Forest, Lightcatcher Museum, Bellingham, WA
2011      Honey I Shrunk the Art, Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, WA
2010      Camano Honors Earth, Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, WA
2010      Live Auction, Museum of Northwest Art, LaConner, WA
2010      Camano Island Studio Tour, Camano Island, WA
2010      Cascade Clay Artists, Arts Council of Snohomish, Everett, WA
2010      Uncommon Landscapes, Lowell Art Works, Everett, WA
2009      Honey I Shrunk the Art, Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, WA
2009      Arts Council of Snohomish, 17th Juried Show, Everett, WA
2009      UNCLAD; Stanwood, WA
2008      Trees Are Us; Solovei Gallery; Everett, WA
2008      Big & Small Show; Matzke Fine Art; Camano Island, WA
2008      Guest Artist; Jack Gunter Ideas Gallery, Stanwood, WA
2007      All the Difference; Emily Davis Gallery, Akron, OH
2007      All Clay, Gallery by the Bay, Stanwood, WA
2007      Art Matters @ Four Springs, Camano Island, WA
2007      16th Juried Art Show; Sno Arts Council, Everett, WA
2007      Peace Art, Roadside Attraction Gallery, Mt. Vernon, WA
06-07     Brushes with the Land, Gallery by the Bay, Stanwood, WA
05-08     AAUW Invitational
2006      Clay, Fire & Form, Artists Depot, Anacortes, WA
2006      Four Springs Nature Preserve, Camano Island, WA
2006      Stanwood House Gallery, Stanwood, WA
2005      History of the World Fine Art, Camano Island, WA
2005      East Shore Gallery, Bellevue, WA
2005      Edison Eye, Edison, WA
2005      UNCLAD,  Gallery at Utsalady Bay, Camano Island, WA
2004      Stanwood House Gallery, Stanwood, WA
2004      UNCLAD, David Maritz Studio, Camano Island, WA
2004      History of the World Fine Art, Camano Island, WA
2004      AAUW Invitational
2003      David Maritz Studio, Camano Island, WA
2003      Kimerling Studio Gallery, Maynard, MA
2003      Danforth Museum Juried Exhibition, Framingham, MA
2001      Artsfirst Design Center Juried Exhibition, Boston, MA
2001      Danforth Museum Juried Exhibition, Framingham, MA
2001      Concord Art Association Competition, Concord, MA
2000      Danforth Museum Juried Exhibition, Framingham, MA
2000      Center for Arts in Natick, Natick, MA
2000      The Cloister Gallery, Springfield, MA
1999      Danforth Museum Juried Exhibition, Framingham, MA
1999      Center for Arts in Natick, Natick, MA
1999      Cultural Arts Alliance, Hopkinton, MA
1998      Center for Arts in Natick, Natick, MA
1998      Douglas Arts Common, Douglas, MA
1997      Capen Hill Nature Sanctuary, Charlton, MA
1995      Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
1995      Abante Fine Art, Portland, OR
91-95     Habitat Institute for the Environment, Belmont, MA
1992      White Bird Gallery,  Cannon Beach, OR
1992      McBride Galleries,  Port Townsend, WA
1992      Tofias Gallery,  Waltham, MA

1992      On Paper Gallery, Lenox, MA
1987      New Ehrlich Theatre Art Gallery, Boston, MA
1986      Signature Fine Arts Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
1986      Bravos Art Gallery, Gloucester, MA
1985      Gallery at Henri IV, Cambridge, MA
1984      Gallery at OUI, Boston, MA
1982      Mills Gallery, Boston, MA

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2010      Sound Holistic Health Center, Everett, WA
2009      Office of the State Senator, Olympia, WA
2006      Bowman Gallery (two person show), Anacortes, WA
2005      Gallery in the Loft at The Islander’s, Camano Island, WA
2005      Lincoln Theatre Gallery, Mt. Vernon, WA
2005      History of the World Fine Art, Camano Island, WA
2001      Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary at Broadmoor, South Natick, MA
1998      The American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Cambridge, MA
1998      Morse Institute, Natick, MA
1997      Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary at Broadmoor, South Natick, MA
1995      Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary at Broadmoor, South Natick, MA
1992      The Habitat Institute for the Environment, Belmont, MA
1991      Back Bay Bistro, Boston, MA
1987      The Gallery at Henri IV,  Cambridge, MA
1986      Earthart, New York, NY
1985      The Gallery at Henri IV, Cambridge, MA
1983      Ahmeds Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1981      George Lewis Gallery, Boston, MA
1981      2477 Jackson Street, San Francisco, CA
1980      Salem Seaport Museum, Salem, MA
1979      Nine Knox Street Gallery, Boston, MA

Public Collections

2022     Stanwood Historical Museum, Permanent Collection, Stanwood, WA

2019     Camano Island Day Spa, Camano Island, WA

2018     Movement Arts Yoga Studio, Camano Island, WA

2014      Skagit Valley Hospital Foundation, Riverbend Pediatric Clinic, Mount Vernon, WA
2012      Cascade Skagit Health Alliance, Smokey Point Clinic, Arlington, WA

2010     Skagit Regional Clinic, Camano Island, WA

 

Publications & Productions & Imagery Used in Presentations

2024     February Artist, Flora and Fauna, International Ceramic Artists Network Calendar

2023     “Facing the Edge of the Forest”, “Hands Connecting” and “Reaching Beyond my Humanity” paintings used to illustrate presentation byJulia Bentz & Kiat Ng. Beyond Disciplines: Human, Nature and Kinship. Lisbon Summer School: Urban Imaginary – Exploring our Urban Futures, Botanical Garden of Lisbon at the National Museum of Science and Natural History, Portugal, 3-7 July 2023.

2022     Interconnected Ink, Book of Drawings as Visual Poems by Susan Cohen Thompson

2022     July Artist, Surface Decoration, International Ceramic Artists Network Calendar

2020     Book Cover, Religion within the Limits of History Alone, Demian Wheeler, SUNY Press

2019     Illustrations, Soul Primer, by Cate Schultz
2018      Book Cover, When Rights Embrace Responsibilities, Oxford University Press, India
2015      Book Illustrations, Speaking with Nature, Awakening to the Deep Wisdom of the Earth by Sandra   Ingerman & Llyn Roberts. Internationally printed, Gold Nautilus award winning book.
2014      Featured in Green Art, Trees, Leaves and Roots, Schiffer Publishing, LTD.
2009      Book Cover Series, Bring Back The Earth by Candia Cole
2007      Web interview with Dr. Eve Bruce on Shapeshifting Beauty
2007      Web interview on environmental art for Green Life Pixels
2006      Book Cover, What Love Can’t Do by Kitty Beer
04-25     Calendar artist for Ministry of the Arts Calendar (2018 cover artist)
2004      Catalog Cover, Hampton Roads Publishing Company
2004      Book Cover, Traveling Between the Worlds, by HS Webb
2003      Book Cover, Exploring Shamanism by HS Webb
2003      EarthLight Magazine
2001      CD Cover Art, Music & Ceremony of the Shuar Tribe
1999      Sanctuary Magazine, Massachusetts Audubon Society
1999      EarthLight Magazine
1998      Dream Change Magazine, Cover
1994      In Context Journal for Sustainable Living
1993      National Endowment for the Arts Grant
1995      Westboro Cable TV, Cosmic Impact guest
1995      Evening Magazine national broadcast guest
1995      Japanese Broadcasting Company TV guest

 

Open Studio and Studio Tours

I have opened my home studios to the public annually, most years since around 1980. Before moving to the northwest in 2003, I founded Natick Artists Open Studios where I lived in Massachusetts. Since moving to the Washington State, I have participated in the annual Camano Island Studio Tour.

 

Artist Memberships 2025

NWDC – Northwest Designer Craftartists

CAA – Camano Arts Association

CCA – Cascade Clay Artists

SCAAC – Stanwood Camano Arts Advocacy Commission