Awards & Exhibitions
Exhibitions (view current exhibitions HERE)
⭐Represented by non-exclusive agreement:
* The Art Center, Dover NH Aug 2024 – current, various
* ARTIST RESIDENCY: dates to be determined: June-Sept 2025
2025
* Kittery Art Association, Kittery ME: SPOTLIGHT ARTIST, Color Fields & Mark Making, March 20 – April 13th, 2025
* The Art Center at Hearth Market, Portsmouth NH, Dec 1, 2024 – May 31, 2025
* The Art Center, Dover NH: SOLO Exhibition: Roots & Rooted, Expressions of a New England Artist, dates to be determined
* The Art Center, Dover NH: ARTIST RESIDENCY: dates to be determined: June – Sept 2025
2024
⭐Represented by non-exclusive agreement:
* The Art Center, Dover NH Aug 2024 – current, various
* The Art Center, Contemporary Abstract National Juried Exhibition, Nov 11 – Dec 31, 2024, Found
* The Art Center at Hearth Market, Portsmouth NH, Dec 1, 2024 – May 31, 2025
* SEH Studios Art Gallery, Dover NH, Nov 2023 – Aug 2024, various
* Spring 2024 Visiting Artists Exhibition
* Summer 2024 Featured Artist & Artist Speaker, Visiting Artists Exhibition
* Kittery Art Association, Kittery ME: Extraordinary Earth, I’m Just Sitting Here Waiting For You
* Kittery Art Association, Kittery ME: Travels & Trails, King Of The Jungle and Take Me
* Kittery Art Association, Kittery ME: Personal Favorites, The First Apartment
* Kittery Art Association, Kittery ME: Enchanted Spaces, Double The Fun
* Library Arts Center, Newport NH: Home, Real or Imagined, When The Rain Washes You Clean
* Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport MA: We Share One Sky, All of You, It’s All About The Base, Expect O.V.E.
* Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport MA: Flowers for OptArt, Jo’s June Dreams, Jazzing It Up
* Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport MA: Members’ Fall Juried Show, Winds Of Changes
* Mosaic Art Collective: Resurgence, Art of the Botanical, If I Had A Song
* Mosaic Art Collective, Full Circle: The Speed Of Light, Double The Fun
2022
Camelback Gallery, Abstracts with Blue, “The Strongest Souls”, 3 months, Bronze Award.
Camelback Gallery, Land and Sea, “Near or Far”, 3 months, Bronze Award.
Camelback Gallery, Shades of Purple, “Best Wishes”, 3 months, Bronze Award.
Awards
2022
Bronze Award, Camelback Gallery, International Juried Visual Art Competition, Abstracts with Blue “The Strongest Souls”
Bronze Award, Camelback Gallery, International Juried Visual Art Competiton, Land & Sea, “Near or Far”
Bronze Award, Camelback Gallery, International Juried Visual Art Competition, Shades of Purple, “Best Wishes”
2023
Bronze Award, Camelback Gallery, International Juried Visual Art Competition, Bold Abstracts “We Used To Keep Vases In That Closet”
Publications
2023
Gallery by MUI, Spring 2023, Flora 5 Zine : When I’m Feeling Blue
2024
Art to Hearts Project, 101 Art Books Floral Edition,
101 distinctive art books, each (mine FLORAL) showcasing 101 different female artists, totaling 10,200 women artists from around the world
Community
Membership: The Art Center, Aug 2024 – current
Membership: Newburyport Art Association; Feb 2023 – current
Membership: Kittery Art Association; Mar 2024 – current
Membership: National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society; Nov 2024 – current
Host: NH Art Show Week, social media, May 2023 – current
Participant: March 2023 Tiny Art Exchange, hosted by: Creative Guts Podcast
Art Talks:
Guest Artist Speaker: Nov 2023, SEH Studios
Featured Artist Speaker: June 2024, SEH Studios, Visual Language
Facilitator: Add Your Mark, July 2024, SEH Studios
to benefit NAA and Opportunity Works
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