136th Annual Exhibition

Shimmer Bloom I create mixed-media sculptures. Materials play a significant role in my work, using recurring items like yarn, fabric, and flowers. Some pieces have sentimental value, such as my grandmother's old fabric and things I pick up from nature, like wood, flowers, and rocks, that give me fond memories of a place I visited. Also aware of overconsumption, I blend discarded items, like paper and plastic, giving these waste items a new life instead of throwing them away. I toss these items around to see what I can build and make connections with items that usually don't belong together. With all the materials colliding, they start connecting and creating their own environment. My work becomes chaotic and playful, but I see things connecting as a whole. I feel a sense of peacefulness and magic when materials merge. I think of worlds uniting or how I can build a better one. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.  

Duet Size: 16 x 20 This piece is about the dance that takes place between nature and the slow demise of human manufactured structures. Over time, when left unattended, that which we create is returned to the natural environment. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.  

Underwater Sunshine Size: 28 x 22" Images based on the play of light and water have always been an inspiration. This painting depicts how the color of water interacts with objects below the surface to create a beautiful illusion. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.  

Seaview Oil on linen painting Size: 20 x 20" I created this still life given my love for the sea. In a dreamlike way through color and form the images organically merge the figurative with the abstract in a kind of visual poem. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.  

Discussing Turner I was enjoying watching the viewers of the JMW Turner exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts on boston. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.  

Hope Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.  

Fragments of Memory My artistic focus centers on creating abstract landscapes that explore transformation as a shared force between the natural world and human life. Attuned to nature’s rhythms—where change is constant, interconnected, and reflective of our own shifting inner worlds. I explore the interplay of movement and stillness, structure and fluidity. My work reflects the contrasts of the world around us—organic and man-made, fleeting and permanent, controlled and spontaneous. At the core of my practice is a fascination with these tensions. I aim to capture transformation—external and internal—through forms that reveal something beyond the visible and invite a dialogue that continues to evolve. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.  

Steinhatchee Falls Acrylic on Canvas Size: 24 x 24" I created this piece en plein air in the remote reaches of rural Taylor County, Florida, which has been devastated several years in a row by epic hurricanes and flooding. The Steinhatchee fishing village is resilient, though, which inspires me in these difficult times. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.  

Power Of One: Visitor to the Cornfield Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.  

Thoughtful Woman Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.  

Still Life I have a green glass pitcher that was my grandmother’s. When the pink roses in my yard are in bloom they find their way to the pitcher. It always makes me think of her. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.  

Glass Bowl of Oranges, Pitcher with Top, Red Peppers Watercolor Painting Size: 8 x 13" For over twenty-five years, I was a Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies at Northeastern University in Boston, where I live. After a productive life as an academic: teacher and scholar who wrote several books, I retired and changed direction completely. Spontaneously, I started to paint with watercolors, taking classes and workshops whenever and wherever I could. I was possessed with the desire to visually represent, in beautiful watercolor, fruits and vegetables in bowls and on plates, creating a new way of seeing beauty in everyday, taken-for-granted objects. I love color and transparent watercolor. Light and shadow --created by the sun outside but observed primarily indoors in the kitchen-- are magic. For me, lighted round fruits of vibrant colors, such as oranges and tomatoes, combined with blues, usually found in ceramics and fabric, represent a promise: of the pleasures of food, meals, community, and peacefulness. Watercolors are part of that promise. The term ‘still life’ is significant in more ways than one: the world needs still life. Using a transparent palette and techniques, I arrange and rearrange kitchen items, often food, in the sun attempting to capture beautiful colors with their shadows and reflections. My goal as an artist is to represent life in ways that create viewers’ pleasure in my artistic accomplishment and images. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.  

Thoughts Extend Sculpture-wood, found rust Size of Piece: 20.5 x 7

I negotiate my world as a maker. I love trees. Picking up fallen branches and twigs delights me. Rooting through my collection of gathered materials, I'm always thrilled to combine disparate elements and create a new object. My current piece, Extended Thoughts, is wood-carved, burned, and pigmented with colored pencil. The base is composed of various pieces of Rust - a square washer, a vintage gutter guard woven with coated yellow wire, and an old tree stand.

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Talisman #8 Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.  

Cityscape Size: 20 x 24 In “Cityscape” I balanced texture, color, geometric shapes, and dimension through shadow to create a dynamic environment. I was intrigued with the play of positive and negative space. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.  

Have a Seat Size: 12 x 12" Have a Seat is part of my FLORA series, an exploration and celebration of plants growing in the state of Rhode Island. These paintings were created using acrylic paint marker and ink wash on wood panel. I started this one in a greenhouse at one of my favorite places: Ragged Island Brewing Co. I spent a few hours on site composing, blocking in shapes, choosing base colors, and getting the perspective correct. I then took it into my studio, where the story in the painting revealed itself and I made decisions about what’s in / what’s out. I returned to the greenhouse to complete the piece a few days later. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.