About the artist
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For me, making and viewing art is a chance to escape some of the ordinariness of life and take a chance on seeing something new. This may be especially true when the artwork is abstract. For this reason I am drawn to work with abstract images and will sit for hours arranging shapes on paper until the composition reinvents an idea or feeling I’ve had. I’ll fill sketchbook pages with circles squares triangles and other connecting shapes and colors until the final image emerges.
The many options in printmaking help me to refine my image ideas and bring them to completion. My work reflects the variety of printmaking processes. Etching lithography and relief printing are represented in my work. The excitement of pulling a print after creating the image on the plate, block or stone is akin to opening a present and that little gift is reason enough to work as a printmaker! |
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Awards:
Awarded Leatherstocking Credit Union Prize, Regional Art Show, Cooperstown Art Association, May 2017
Awarded the Kuniyoshi Award for Printmaking in 2015.
"Red Dot" (Best in Show) Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, May 2014
Recent Solo Shows:
LIC Corner Cafe, Long Island City, NY March 2020
DeFrate & Paavola, NY, NY September 2019
Recent Group Shows:
4th NY Int'l Mini Print Exhibition, Manhattan Graphics Center, NYC, November 2019
2019 Awagami Int'l Print Exhibition, Tokushima, Japan, October 2019
Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, NYC, March 2017
Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, NYC, April 2015
Julio Valdez Studio, NYC, January 2015
Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY 2015
Footprint International, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, June 2014
Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, NYC, May 2014
Bio:
I was born in Smithtown, NY and reside in New York City with my husband. I participated in art and arts and crafts previous to discovering The Art Students League but when I started attending classes at the League in 1999 I went full time into art making.
Education:
The Art Students League of New York, 1999-present
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, M. Div 2003
Stony Brook University, BA Political Science, 1983
Awarded Leatherstocking Credit Union Prize, Regional Art Show, Cooperstown Art Association, May 2017
Awarded the Kuniyoshi Award for Printmaking in 2015.
"Red Dot" (Best in Show) Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, May 2014
Recent Solo Shows:
LIC Corner Cafe, Long Island City, NY March 2020
DeFrate & Paavola, NY, NY September 2019
Recent Group Shows:
4th NY Int'l Mini Print Exhibition, Manhattan Graphics Center, NYC, November 2019
2019 Awagami Int'l Print Exhibition, Tokushima, Japan, October 2019
Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, NYC, March 2017
Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, NYC, April 2015
Julio Valdez Studio, NYC, January 2015
Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY 2015
Footprint International, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, June 2014
Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, NYC, May 2014
Bio:
I was born in Smithtown, NY and reside in New York City with my husband. I participated in art and arts and crafts previous to discovering The Art Students League but when I started attending classes at the League in 1999 I went full time into art making.
Education:
The Art Students League of New York, 1999-present
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, M. Div 2003
Stony Brook University, BA Political Science, 1983