Who are you anyway?
I was born and raised in Asbury Park, New Jersey. As a child I was given painting lessons with my mothers talented Hungarian friend Magda, a beautiful eccentric artist and terrific cook. To this day garlic and turpentine remain two of my favorite scents.
I received my BFA from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, (SMFA) majoring in Printmaking and Art History, minoring in Early Childhood Education. I then moved to San Francisco where I started working as a graphic designer, eventually relocating to Los Angeles. I taught art to children 5-11 for 8 years until becoming a preschool teacher for toddlers 14 to 24 months! Best job I ever had. The rest of my time I paint.
I have 2 amazing adult daughters, a great husband and Honey, the sweetest dog ever!
Works Exhibited
Group Show: Temple Isaiah, LA, CA April 2025
Solo Show, After the Fall, NCJWLA, LA, CA August 7 – November 15, 2018
Calabasas Fine Arts Festival, Calabasas, CA May 2017
Solo Show, Coal & Ice Boutique, LA, CA Dec 22 – 2017
MAKING YOUR MARK Group show, EAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Sept 21 – Oct 18th, 2016
Calabasas Fine Arts Festival, Calabasas, CA Ribbon Awardee May 2016
Malibu Arts Festival, CA July 2015
Art in the Art House: Group Show, Pasadena, CA July 2015
Calabasas Fine Arts Festival, Calabasas, CA May 2015
Art Center: Holiday Show, Camarillo, CA Dec 2014
Toluca Lake Fine Art Festival, Burbank, CA Nov 2014
LAX WAX Art: Reaction To Art Under Fire, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, CA Oct 2014
LAX WAX Art: Contemporary Encaustic, WAV Gallery, Ventura, CA July 2014
Art In The Park Fine Arts Festival, Ojai, CA May 2014
Calabasas Fine Arts Festival, Calabasas, CA May 2014
Shannan Colburn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2013 – 2014
LGOCA, Laguna Gallery of Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, CA 2013
LA Art Walk Sept 2012
ArtGust 2012 Group Show, Gallery Godo, Glendale, CA August 2012
Adagio Gallery, Palm Desert, CA 2011 – 2012
Group Show, The Workmen’s Circle, Los Angeles, CA 2005
Cooperative Etching Studio, Venice, CA 1991 – 1993
Publications
VoyageLA, Rising Stars Series: January 27, 2025
Beverly Hills Courier: August 10, 2018
Beverly Press: August 16, 2018
Jewish Journal: August 17, 2018
Nature Inspired: Spring 2016
IEA WAX Digital 2012 Featured Artist
Encaustic Arts Magazine: Winter 2015
The Art List: June 2013
Awards
2016 Calabasas Fine Arts Festival, Winner, Illustrious Artist Award
2015 American Art Awards: 3rd place, Bamboo Dreams
2014 American Art Awards: 6th place, Birth of Magnolia
Affiliations
International Encaustic Artist
Studio Channel Islands Art Center
Woman’s Caucus for Art