About
Purpose
My art is dedicated to fostering an appreciation of cultural diversity. My quest to preserve the vanishing peoples of the earth in collages, etchings and watercolors has taken me ...
... from Rajasthan, a former princely state of India, to Lamu, a Swahili island in the Indian Ocean ...
... from trekking with gypsies in the Himalayas, to pounding fou fou in a West African market ...
... from Ladakh, India’s “Little Tibet”, to Lake Dal, the “Venice of Kashmir” ...
... from singing and dancing with the Samburu of Kenya, to exploring the island of St. Eustatius in the West Indies.
My adventuresome spirit took me away to the Chalbi desert in Kenya to sketch the beautiful Gabra tribe and their caravans of camels. Living with them provided a tapestry of life which weaves through all of my work.
My rich and colorful paintings act as an ethnologist's record of primitive and traditional life. I focus on populations that consciously resist westernization, that still live in harmony with their environment and value their traditional dress and customs.
I have found many Shangri-Las. I have tried to capture the unique beauty, the vivid color, the movement and moods that make the nobility of each individual culture stand out. The simple dignity of mankind stimulates me to share my impressions visually.
Solo Exhibitions
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Africa Kaleidoscopes - Gallerie of South Orange South Orange, NJ |
| 1997 | Africa Adorned - Robins Hutchins Gallery Maplewood, NJ |
| 1996 1990 | Africa in Color - Gallerie La Taj Alexandria, VA |
| 1987 | Art & Artifact - Savacou Gallery New York, NY |
| 1984 | Expand Your Horizon - Phinney Ridge Gallery Seattle, WA |
| 1984 | Impressions of India - Principia Museum St. Louis, MO |
| 1983 | People of Africa - Gallerie La Taj Alexandria, VA |
| 1980 | Black and White & Color - Gallery Watatu Nairobi, Kenya |
| 1978 | Europe, Africa and Beyond - Harmon Gallery St. Louis, MO |
Awards and Competitions
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Traveler's Palette - First place, second place and honorable mention St. Peters, MO |
| 1986 | Lilian Glazer Purchase Prize Louisiana Watercolor Socieity, New Orleans, LA |
| 1986 | American Watercolor Society 119th Annual Competition New York, NY |
| 1984 | Watercolor West XVI Riverside, CA |
| 1978 | Carpenter Annual Watercolor Prize St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, MO |
| 1978 | Adelaide Carol Johnson Art Award Principia College, St. Louis, MO |
Education
| Year | Degree | School |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | MA Gallatin (Printmaking and Anthropology) | New York University |
| 1977 | BA in Art | Principia College |
Contact Info
Please contact me at [email protected]