Profile

Traveling and painting birds to benefit bird conservation and species preservation is a lifelong passion for me. I am committed to using my talents to educate people about our rapidly changing environment, and the need to protect bird species worldwide.

Before I contemplate painting birds, I spend hours observing their behavior, plumage, and how they interact with their environment. I am sensitive to their movements and how color and light play into a composition.

I work primarily in watercolor and gouache. Often, when specific effects are called for, I will use oil-based media. I am drawn to subtle movements, textures of plumage and dramatic contrasts when I am out in the field sketching or taking photographs. Having that emotional connection with birds is what catalyzes my painting process.

Recent and Upcoming Exhibitions:

“Tricks of the Trade- A Corvid’s World” Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Jamestown, NY, September 27-Nov 17, 2024.

“A Show of Feathers” Merryall Center, New Milford, CT. June 1- October 5, 2024

“Against All Odds” Plymouth Center for the Arts, Plymouth, MA, June 15- July 7, 2024

 Madison Art Society- Annual Member Exhibition- (February 13- March 17, 2023)

94th Grand National Exhibition- Salamagundi Club, New York ( November 7th- December 4, 2022)

“Biophilia” Southern CT State University, New Haven CT (December 1- January 5, 2021)

“Rivers to the Sea” Guild of Natural Science Illustrators NE, MA (August 1- Sept 7, 2021)

“Flying Home” Brookfield Public Library (August 2-28, 2020)

“Seeing Nature Through Art II” Willoughby Wallace Library” Stony Creek, CT (January 23- Feb. 19,2020)

“Seeing Nature Through Art” Yale Peabody Museum. New Haven, CT (October 26-June 30, 2020)

“The Artistic Sketchbook” Elisabeth Jones Art Center, Portland OR (Nov.29-Dec 24, 2019) “GNSI International Exhibit” Sydney, Australia (July 2019)

“Mass Migrations” GNSI-New England, Lakeville, MA (Nov.17- December 27, 2018)