ABOUT

I am an American mixed media artist who has lived most of my life in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. I  currently reside in Raleigh, NC. My paintings are motivated by the places I have lived in and their history, especially the intruiging archeological sites I explored as a child and African towns where I worked for over 30 years designing systems to improve women’s access to financial services. 

I create heavily textured mixed media paintings using charcoal, inks, crayons, acrylics and oils. I focus on organizing my designs carefully to achieve spacial tranquility and build my surfaces by incorporating textured mediums, newsprint, cloth, monotype prints and sometimes even spices.

I am heavily inspired by current social issues and by relationships between diverse cultures. Much  of my work is also influenced by the ancient archeological sites I grew up exploring and I am intrigued by the connections between past and present. I like to think of painting as an excavation - solving a mystery and finding jewels and golden gems along the way. Some of my earliest memories involve expeditions to ancient archeological sites. My mother would amuse us by teaching us Phoenician burial poses and we’d spend hours digging in the sand searching for pottery shards and old coins.

Painting is like those childhood days for me - unearthing the traces others have left behind. I love being connected to others that way.

• Raleigh Fine Arts Society ‘s North Carolina Juried Artists Exhibition. Raleigh, NC. 2022. Awarded First Place.
• Solo Show “Wanderlust”. D’Art Center, Norfolk, VA. 2022.
• Providence Art Club National Open Juried Exhibition. 2022.
• Macon Arts Gallery National juried Exhibition “Abstract”. Macon, Georgia. 2022.
• 23rd Diversia international online group show by Exhibizone promoting diversity and awareness through art in relation to United Nations international events. 2022.
• Verum Ultimum Gallery’s 9th Abstract Sanctuary Show. Oregon. 2022.
• In The Abstract, Southern California open Regional Exhibitions Show. Awarded First Place. 
• Art 2 Life 2021 International Juried Exhibit. Online Show. 2021.
• Van der Plas Gallery, Earth to Sky Group Exhibit, Soho, NY. 2021.
• Fine Arts League of Cary Annual Juried Exhibit. Cary, NC. 2021. 
• Cary Gallery of Artists’ Thirteenth Annual Small Treasures Juried Exhibit featuring small works of art by North Carolina artists. 2021.
• Tribute National Juried Show. D’Art Center, Norfolk, Virginia. 2021.
• Art in the Time of Corona Vol I. Dab Art Co. Los Angeles, CA. 2020. Persistence III National Juried Show. D’art Center, Norfolk, Virginia. 2021.
• Gallery 311 Abstract Matter Juried Show, Raleigh, NC.  Awarded Honorable Mention. 2020.