




ARTIST STATEMENT
Using vitreous enamel on metal provides an opportunity for beautiful expression of the natural surroundings of my current home here in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Working with new materials or familiar materials in new ways, challenges the design process as well the production aspect of creation. This experience provides opportunities for creative growth through trial, error and success while at the same time, opening one's perception to look away from the expected and into the unexpected offers joy and excitement.
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EDUCATION
2005 M.A. Educational Technology Leadership, George Washington University
University of Malta, June 2005
40 hours PhD Educational Technology and Adaptive e-Learning 2005
University of Joensuu Finland, September 2005
Presenting Data and Information: One-day course taught by Edward Tufte May 2005
1994 B.S. Corporate Communications, University of Baltimore
Maryland Institute College of Art – Fiber sculpture, Foundation courses
OTHER TRAINING
Pocosin Art Center, Harlan Butt's Enamel and Haiku Workshop, Winter 2020
University of Virginia, Intro Sculpture, Summer 2017
3-day Picture in Picture in Picture Workshop, Andrew Kuebeck, 2016
Penland Craft School, Building the Intangible, Simon Cottrell, 2015 work study
3-day enamel workshop, Ricky Frank 2014
Touchstone Center for Crafts, Metal Interpretations: Inlay Marriage of Metals, Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez, 2014
Touchstone Center for Crafts, Enameling, Linda Darty, 2013
Maryland Institute College of Art, Charon Kransen, 2012
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 One of a Kind Show, Chicago IL
2024 American Craft Council Show, Baltimore MD
2020 Featured Artist, Gallery Shop, McGuffey Art Center
2019 Creative Alliance, The Big Show, Baltimore MD
2019 Bay School Arts Center, Juried Show, Mathews VA
2019 Offbeat Bijou, Juried Show, Florida Craft Art, St. Petersburg FL
2017 Alexandria Art Purchase Award Finalist, Alexandria VA
2017 Baltimore Fine Craft Show, Baltimore MD
2017 Sideshow Clown Extravaganza Juried Show, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg VA
2017 Neighbors, New City Arts, Charlottesville VA
2017 Vitrine Juried JewelryShow, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore MD
2017 Transformations, Main Gallery, McGuffey Art Center
2016 Nature and Wildlife Juried Show, St. Augustine Art Assoc. FL
2015 Solo Show, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville VA
2015 Privacy In America, , McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville VA
2014 Group Show Summer, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville VA
2014 Juried Show, Art Speaks on the Bay, Mathews VA
2014 New Members Show, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville VA
2014 Juror’s Award, Enamelist Gallery, Alexandria VA
2013 Nature and Wildlife Juried Show, St. Augustine Art Assoc, FL
2013 New Associates Show, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria VA
2012 Nature and Wildlife Juried Show, St. Augustine Art Assoc, FL
2010 Nature and Wildlife Juried Show, St. Augustine Art Assoc, FL
2001 Animal Instinct, Humanscale 2nd Competition to benefit World Wildlife Fund,NYC
MEMBER
2013 - 2022 Juried Associate - Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria VA
Juried Resident - McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville VA
Juried Associate – Artisans of Central Virginia
Society of North American Goldsmiths
The Enamelist Society
Monticello Artisan Trail
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