Biography..born Sharon, Pennsylvania, U.S.A, grew up near Boston..Settled in Canada, Canadian citizenship in 1971..Went to art school, discovered the painter within, began in oils..Sojourned in Canadian cities and countryside, in Singapore, Italy, England..Raised three children..1988, self-taught encaustic painting; 1995, began replicating

Education..1969 (BA] English literature, University of King’s College Halifax,Nova Scotia, Canada..1980-83 Fine Art (painting, printmaking), Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada..1985 Art History, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England

Selected Group Exhibitions
2002 New Brunswick Art Bank Acquisitions, Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
2000-2001 The Marion McCain Atlantic Art Exhibition, The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick; Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia; London Regional Gallery, London,Ontario

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2002 Section-Elevation, Gallery 78, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
1998 Borrowed Time, UNB Art Centre, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick
1995 Can You See Me? Images of Jimi Hendrix (with Bruce Oliver), Sue Lawrence Hair Spa & Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick

Works in Public Collections
Nova Scotia Art Bank
New Brunswick Art Bank
Canada Council Art Bank
University of New Brunswick
Université de Moncton
UNB Art Centre

Jimi Hendrix III, encaustic on wood, 1995, 35" x 23"
“Can You See Me? images of Jimi Hendrix”, at Sue Lawrence Hair & Gallery, 1995 - Bruce Oliver, with his digital images, and I, with six encaustic replications of posters, celebrated a favourite pop icon. Mine were poster-size, and looked deceptively like posters until you got up close and realized how painterly they were.

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