About
Where beauty and chaos strike some kind of balance, even for the briefest moments, I try to capture those transient experiences with reverence and whimsy. When I’m lucky, on occasion, I tap into the animistic.
Western Massachusetts is a place of endless beauty that I revere and try to protect through action and activism.
An earth citizen, I use nontoxic mediums and solvents in oil paintings such as walnut oil. In acrylic painting, I use flocculation, the simple and environmentally friendly filtering alternative to dumping acrylic paint water—microplastics—down the drain. Here’s an excellent YouTube video and a written resource by the Golden paint company to learn how. I offer free workshops in this method.
When not making art, I’ve worked to support women and youth through coalition building and social change leadership development.
I’m a self-taught artist and exhibit regionally. Please contact me about illustration projects, commissions. or purchasing prints and original work.
Selected Exhibits and Residencies
Solo show – Montague Library, October 2022
Group Show – Small Works Exhibit, Sawmill River Arts Gallery, February 2023
Group Show – Leverett Crafts and Arts, March 2023
Group Show – Juried, Monson MA Arts Council, March 2023
Group Show – Amherst Plein Air Society at Leverett MA Crafts and Arts, May 2023
Group Show – Shelburne Falls Bridge of Flowers Benefit, August 2023
Solo Show – Hair by Harlow Salon, Amherst, December 2023
Group Show – Small Works, Sawmill River Arts Gallery, February 2024
Group Show – Juried, Elusie Gallery, Easthampton, MA Vive la Difference, February 2024
Group Show – Juried, Workshop 13, ArtWorks Gallery, March 2024
Group Show – Discovery Center, Turners Falls, Food and Farms, June 2024
Group Show – Juried, Elusie Gallery Easthampton, MA, Field Trip, July 2024
Group Show – Small Works, Amherst Plein Air Society, Grubbs Gallery, Easthampton MA, December 2024 – January 2025
Group Show – Juried, Monson MA Arts Council, March 2025
Group Show - Amherst Plein Air Society, Hosmer Gallery, June 2025
Books
Illustrator
Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic by Emily Monosson, (Norton Press, 2023)
Author
Leaders of the Pack: Women and the Future of Veterinary Medicine (Purdue University Press, 2017)
Residencies
Turkey Land Cove Foundation for Women, 2014