Enchantment, oil on linen, 20 x 20
For as long as I can remember, I have been drawn to the outdoors — to rivers, meadows, forests, and mountains. Communing with nature, I become connected to cycles and rhythms, order and harmonies.
And, I love the act of painting. The joy of time spent listening, observing, and then responding with brush marks on canvas.
While painting outdoors, I experience a visual call and response, a sensory interplay with my surroundings. There is the outer dance of light and color shapes within my visual field and the inner call for presence that gives rise to each color note.
Some of these paintings are completed en plein air (outdoors) in one sitting. Some paintings are begun outdoors and completed in the studio. And there are paintings that are begun in the studio using sketches and studies from outdoor painting.
Galleries
McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
CVILLE Arts, Charlottesville, VA
Annie Gould Gallery, Gordonsville, VA
Current Group Show
The Cultivation of the Earth, The Vault Virginia Great Hall Gallery, 300 E. Main Street, Charlottesville, VA September through November 2024
Upcoming Events
Fourth Floyd Biannual Plein Air Event, Floyd, VA, September 2024
Plein Air Unleashed, Allure Gallery, Deltaville, VA, April 2025
Recent Group Shows
Eight Women, Eyes Open, City Space, Charlottesville, VA, November, 2019
McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA, Gift Shop Feature Artist, May 2019
McGuffey Art Center Associates Gallery, May, 2019
CoArt Gallery Floral Pop-Up Show, Staunton, VA, 2019
McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA, Associate Gallery 2018
McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA, Summer and Winter 2013 - 2018
Recent Solo Shows
2 Plein Air Painters, Connaughton Gallery, McIntire School of Commerce, UVA, March 2022
Color Notes, Annie Gould Gallery, Gordonsville, VA, October 2019
Writer House, Reflections, Charlottesville, VA, 2019
Westminster Canterbury, Charlottesville, VA October 2017
McGuffey Art Center, Fluid, Charlottesville, VA, 2016
McGuffey Art Center, Featured Artist Gift Shop, Charlottesville, VA, 2015
Art on the Trax, Recent Works, Crozet, VA, 2014
McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA September 2013
Recent Events
Teeny Tiny Trifecta, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA September 2024
Plein Air Demonstration, Blenheim Vineyard, Charlottesville, VA September 2024
The Botanical Art Show, Bradbury Downtown, Charlottesville, VA September 2024
Teeny Tiny Trifecta, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, September 2023
Plein Air Unleashed, Allure Gallery, Deltaville, VA April 2024
Plein Air Unleashed, Allure Gallery, Deltaville, VA, April 2023
Highland County Plein Air, Monterey, VA, June 2023
Highland County Plein Air, Monterey, VA, June 2021
Flow: The Rivanna River Arts Festival, Charlottesville, VA, September 28, 2019, Plein Air Painting
Bath County Arts Association 55th Annual Art Show, Bath County, VA, July 2017 - 2019
Highland County Artists Retreat, VA, June 2019
Public Collections
McIntire School of Commerse, Connaughton Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
UVA Health, Northridge, Charlottesville, VA