- David Bennett
- Peter Bremers
- Judy Carr
- Jason Chakravarty & Jennifer Caldwell
- Suzanne Chudnoff
- Jacki Cohen
- Bandhu Scott Dunham
- Anne Falvey
- Jordan Ford
- Armoun Forghan
- Sue Goldsand
- Lynn Gustafson
- Colleen Gyori
- Patricia Isaacson
- Dr. Gail Jamieson
- Madison Kopsa
- Patty Lewis
- Austin Littenberg
- Sonja London-Hall
- Paul Messink
- Cynthia Miller
- Laurie Nessel
- Warren Norgaard
- Sandy Pendleton
- Carole Perry
- Cindi Shaffer
- Susan Silver Brown
- Diane C. Taylor
- CarrieAnn Therese
- David Vogt
All photos courtesy of and used with permission by the artist
When I was 15, my parents shipped me off to Hinckley School of Crafts in Maine for a photography workshop, where I spent most of my time watching the activities in the hotshop. The next year, I went to Haystack, Maine for glassblowing, then to UW-River Falls, Wi where I received a B.S., majoring in glass and fibers. I spent the eighties and nineties making decorative window art for the burgeoning housing market in the Phoenix area. With changing styles and then the great recession, the work was no longer profitable. I concentrated more on my gig at the Mesa Arts Center, where I taught for twenty years, leaving unceremoniously in July, 2019. Now, for the first time, I’m focusing on my art.
I started doing bas-relief beads that quickly led to the series Extinction: Casualties of the Anthropocene, which premiered at the AGA artist member event February, 23, 2020. Although that series continues to stir inside me, I shifted to representing the human form which evolved into portraiture. My subjects are varied but generally involve environmentalism and human rights, which are intertwined. There is a Russian proverb, “If you’re happy, you’re not paying attention.” Art can be a pleasant diversion or a brutal reality check. I choose the latter, for now, and find endless subject matter.
My piece, Golden Lancehead, was recently featured in the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum show Distanced but not Separated.
Two of my portrait beads can be seen in the 42nd Annual Contemporary Crafts exhibit Feb 12 – April 18, 2021, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum.
More of my work can be seen at The Melting Point gallery in Sedona, AZ.