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"I have painted all my life. I studied sculpture and painting in high school and at the Corcoran Schoolof Art in Washington DC where eventually I received my BFA. However when I was living in Thailand at my Foreign Service husband's first post, at age 26, it was not logistically possible to sculpt in terracotta, so I turned to painting. I began using watercolor and acrylics.
My first major influence was Paul Klee. In some of his painting he blended the colors of the ground and then painted. This is how I wanted to paint, but i could not achieve the effect in oils so I turned to water based paint. Over the years I I took classes at the Corcoran, took a color theory class at MIT, figure drawing at the Boston Museum School of Art as well as other venues of classes. I have been attending classes at the 310 Fine Art School for many years which I continue to find very stimulating.
On my own I studied Bauhaus and other Surrealist painters and incorporated their styles with ancient art and its many symbols and images. I have always been interested in the religious and spiritual in art. My family and I lived in various countries in the Far East and Europe - when we traveled to and fro around the world, I was able to see the art and religion of the many countries we visited and I incorporated what I saw into my paintings. It was from these experiences that I grafted Egyptian, Mayan, and other symbols into my painting, adapting them to express my own self and experience. Gradually over recent years I have turned to other sources for ideas such as the ceramics, manuscript illumination, textiles and painting of many cultures and times.
I am fortunate to have been able to lead a rich and varied life traveling, and am now enjoying life in Asheville. I am always at work painting and seem never to run out of ideas."
"I have painted all my life. I studied sculpture and painting in high school and at the Corcoran Schoolof Art in Washington DC where eventually I received my BFA. However when I was living in Thailand at my Foreign Service husband's first post, at age 26, it was not logistically possible to sculpt in terracotta, so I turned to painting. I began using watercolor and acrylics.
My first major influence was Paul Klee. In some of his painting he blended the colors of the ground and then painted. This is how I wanted to paint, but i could not achieve the effect in oils so I turned to water based paint. Over the years I I took classes at the Corcoran, took a color theory class at MIT, figure drawing at the Boston Museum School of Art as well as other venues of classes. I have been attending classes at the 310 Fine Art School for many years which I continue to find very stimulating.
On my own I studied Bauhaus and other Surrealist painters and incorporated their styles with ancient art and its many symbols and images. I have always been interested in the religious and spiritual in art. My family and I lived in various countries in the Far East and Europe - when we traveled to and fro around the world, I was able to see the art and religion of the many countries we visited and I incorporated what I saw into my paintings. It was from these experiences that I grafted Egyptian, Mayan, and other symbols into my painting, adapting them to express my own self and experience. Gradually over recent years I have turned to other sources for ideas such as the ceramics, manuscript illumination, textiles and painting of many cultures and times.
I am fortunate to have been able to lead a rich and varied life traveling, and am now enjoying life in Asheville. I am always at work painting and seem never to run out of ideas."