Vistas near and far

How did a girl from the Philadelphia suburbs, enamored with vast open spaces, end up in Manhattan? Simply put, New York City as an artist’s mecca drew me. Switching elements in my life was not new. I got a B.A. in Studio Arts from my hometown’s Temple University, then went to Rome, studying with Tyler School of Art. When a MacDowell Fellowship meant living in Peterborough, New Hampshire for three months, I packed my easel once again. And still I travel.

Once I was a plein air painter, toting canvasses and other paraphernalia to outdoor places that move me. Now I work mostly from sketches, photographs and memory.

But just as the city constantly changes, so, too, does my painting. Yet the thread that’s constant is the joy of light and color, sometimes invigorating, sometimes serene.