My art is nourished by several environments; one is the influence of my original home, New York City, where I received my formal art education. Another is its almost exact opposite, the high country of Telluride, CO, and the mountains and coastlines of Washington State and Oregon, where I lived before moving to the Hawaiian Islands.
Inspired by the urban and the wild, my expressionistic, non-objective and mixed media art strives to capture the flow and energy of life and is always a spontaneous reflection of my current environment.
Throughout my years doing artwork I have tried to disconnect myself with the process of doing artwork and approach my blank surface with an empty mental state. Art should be viewed with an open heart and mind willing to accept what is in front of you and not judged by what it is or should be. It just IS. Enjoy the journey.
1975 Group Show, The Gallery, Huntington, NY
1976 One Woman Exhibit, Treehouse Gallery, Huntington, NY
1976 Melanie’s Gallery, Telluride, CO
1976-77 Recent Works, Ironworks Gallery, Telluride, CO
1977 Gallery Telluride, Telluride, CO
1979 One Woman, Roslyn Gallery, Roslyn, WA
1981-82 Ongoing Exhibit, East-West Gallery, Seattle, WA
1981 45th Pacific Northwest Arts & Crafts Fair Juried Show, Bellevue, WA, Honorable Mention
1982 Anacortes Arts & Crafts Festival, Juried Show, Anacortes, WA
1982 Ellensburg Community Art Gallery, Juried Show, Ellensburg, WA
1983 Second Growth, Cle Elum, WA
1984 Dancing Man Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
1984 Liz’s Loft, Port Townsend, WA
1985 2nd Annual Alcoa/Gallery ’76, Juried Show, Wenatchee, WA, 2nd Place Award
1984-86 Universal Fine Arts, Bellevue, WA
1985-86 Panaca Gallery, Bellevue, WA
1986-87 Art Shop, Roslyn, WA
1986-87 Second Growth, Cle Elum, WA
1989 Mauna Lani Summer Arts Fest ’89, Juried Show, Kailua-Kona, HI, 1st Place Award
1990 Islandwide Juried Show, Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI
1991 19th Annual Spring Arts Festival, Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI
2020 Artists of Hawaii, 2020 Virtual Contemporary Juried Show,
Honolulu, 1st Place Award
2021 Ho’omaluhia Gardens New Year Invitational Exhibit, Kaneohe
2021 Artists of Hawaii, Contemporary 2021, Juried Show,
Honolulu Country Club Gallery
2022 About Time, Honolulu Country Club Gallery
2022 Mystique, Honolulu Country Club Gallery
2022 Tempo, Honolulu Country Club Gallery
2022 Tropically, Honolulu Country Club Gallery
2022 Reflections, Honolulu Country Club Gallery
2022 Halcyon, Honolulu Country Club Gallery
2022 Susurrous, Honolulu Country Club Gallery
2022 Windward Artists Guild, 62nd Annual Member Show, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden Gallery, Kaneohe, HI
2022 Passages, Honolulu Country Club
2022 Artists of Hawaii, 10th Annual Miniature Show, Little Worlds, Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden Gallery, Kaneohe, HI Honorable Mention
2022 Windward Artists Guild, Holiday Fair Arts at Marks Garage, Honolulu, HI
2022 Artists of Hawaii, The Present II, Arts at Marks Garage, Honolulu, HI
2023 Women Artists, Bishop Sq, Pauahi Tower, Honolulu, HI
2023 Windward Artists Guild, ULTRA III, Juried Show, Bishop Sq, Pauahi Tower, Honolulu, HI
2023 WAG & AHA, Emergence, Downtown Art Center, Honolulu, HI
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