As a photographer and mixed media artist interested in themes of transformation, my work gravitates toward finding the extraordinary in the ordinary, the universal in the commonplace. Creating photographs and mixed media compilations from objects and natural elements we see every day, my focus is on the layers of meaning beyond the surface, surprise couplings and unconscious revelations.
Though I began my art career as a traditional black-and-white news and event photographer, currently I work primarily with abstract digital photography transfers and mixed media collage on non-traditional substrates such as wood, metal and stone papers. Recent subjects have included the concept of literal and figurative possessions, still life arrangements, winter trees, metaphorical landscapes and the ethereal nature of water. Most recently, I have turned my attention to an artistic interpretation of projected sea level rise caused by climate change in Bristol County, Rhode Island.
Recent Exhibitions
2022
Barrington Library Gallery, Rising Seas: Bristol County, RI, November 1 - December 3.
Bristol Art Museum, Juried Members’ Exhibit, First Place Award for “Upper Mount Hope Bay,” September 24 - October 23.
URI Feinstein Providence Campus Gallery, Synergy: Below the Surface II, “Three Rivers,” July 5 – 28.
Imago Gallery Featured Artist Exhibit, “Rising Seas,” April 21- May 29.
2021
Mystic Museum of Art 65th Annual Themed Regional Exhibition: “Flourish: Art Beyond Survival,”October 1 - December 31,2021, Otto E. Liebig Photography Award for “Allora,” digital photograph on rag paper.
Imago Gallery, Highlighted IFA Artist: “Shell Study,” September 17 - October 24.
2020
Imago Gallery, Members Exhibits, August 1 - November 29; Open Community Exhibit, December 4, 2020 - January 23, 2021, “Transparency” and “Enigma.”
2019
Providence Art Club, National Open Juried Exhibition, June 22 – July 29, 2019, “Equivalencies.”
Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Second Annual Members Community Show, May 16 – June 14, 2019, “What Plants Say.”
2018
Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT, Photo Show 40, September 28 - November, 10, 2018, Third Prize, Manipulated Photo, “Cyan Rose.”
Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI, First Juried Members Exhibit: Photographs and Memory, September 20 - October 12, 2018, Third Prize
Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI, First Annual Members Community Show, June 21 - July 13, 2018
Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT, Members and Elected Artists Show, June 15 - July 28, 2018, Members' Overall Excellence Award
IMAGO Gallery, Featured Artist: Animate Objects, February 8 - March 18, 2018; Shells and Pomegranates, June 15 - July 22, 2018; What Plants Say, July 26 - September 2, 2018; Winter Holiday Exhibit, November 23 - December 30.
Providence Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI, Annual Members’ Holiday Exhibit, December 7, 2017 – January 12, 2018
2017
Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI, Artist's Choice 2017, August 5 - 31, 2017
Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT, 61st Regional Show, August 4 - September 16, 2017
Providence Center for Photographic Arts, Member Showcase: New Work from Members of PCPA, June 15 – August 11, 2017
IMAGO Gallery, Warren, RI, “Little Black Boxes,” December 8 – 31; “A Geologic Point of View,” Sept. 28 – October 29; "Crossing the Yellow Line," August 24 - September 24; “Summer en Noir,” July 20 – August 20, 2017; “Variations on a Theme: On the Edge,” June 15 – July 16, 2017; “Signs of Spring,” May 11 – June 11, 2017; “In Search of My Giverny,” February 2 – March 5, 2017
2016
Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY, 2016 National Alternative Process Competition,
November 2 - 26, 2016
Verum Ultimum Art Gallery,Portland, Oregon, "Chasing Ghosts: Art that Pierces the Veil through remembrance, legacy, and beyond...," 50 artists over 50 works of art, October 28 - November 19, 2016
Art League of Rhode Island juried group exhibit,"Surface Tension" at URI Fine Arts Center Main Gallery,October 11 - November, 18, 2016
IMAGO Gallery, Featured Artist: Possessed or Possessed?, April 28 - June 12, 2016
Newport Art Museum, Juried Members Show, February 6 - May 22, 2016
Workshops and Influences
Digital Photography and Advanced Photoshop classes with David Fleurant at the Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education Program, 2016
DASS Art Image Transfer Workshops with Bonny Lhotka, Boulder, CO, July 2015
Beyond the Digital Print workshops by Mary Taylor, 2012-2013
Photography and painting classes with Angelo Marinosci Jr. 2001-2004
Allison Newsome Ceramic Workshops, 1995-1996
Architectural Photography, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, 1986
Bristol Workshops in Photography, led by Stephan Brigidi, 1982 – 1985
Freelance Photography and Photojournalism workshops, Harvard Center for Lifelong Learning, Cambridge, MA, 1983
Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME, 1982
Private study with Salvatore John La Ferlita, 1981
Photography courses at the Worcester Art Museum, 1974-75
Community
Elected Artist, Art League of Rhode Island
Member, Warren Arts and Cultural Commission, 2019- current
Vice President, Past President, Founding Member, Imago Foundation for the Arts
Trustee and Board Member, Past Co-President, Warren Preservation Society
Past President, Volunteer Tutor, East Bay Literacy Volunteers
Honors and Awards
Leadership America, Class of 1994
RI State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship Finalist in Photography, 1986
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship Program for Journalists, University of Michigan, 1979-80
Professional Experience
Global Communications Director, Sensata Technologies, Attleboro, MA, 2006-2016
Communications Manager, Texas Instruments, Sensors & Controls, Attleboro, MA, 1991-2006
Freelance Photographer, Writer and Editor, Providence, RI, 1983-1991
Photography Instructor, Providence Learning Connection, Providence, RI, 1982-1985
Reporter and Editor for several newspapers, including The Providence Journal in Providence, RI, The Evening News in Southbridge, MA and The Day in New London, CT, 1973-1982
Education
MS in Communications Management, Simmons College, 1999
BA in Sociology, Smith College, 1973