30+ years of crossing threads on a loom at ninety degree angles gradually led me to discover the energy and freedom of curves. Through those years I continually experimented with ways to quickly develop ideas as well as shorten the labor-intensive dyeing and weaving processes. I worked out color and pattern ideas weaving straight paper strips which I colored in a variety of ways and found ways of using the computer to emulate the colors made by weft passing over and under warp. A trip to look at Central Asian textiles along the old silk  road of Uzbekistan introduced the curves to my imagery, and eventually I felt too constrained by the loom. My 2018 new year’s resolution was, “No straight lines and no right angles.” The straight paper weaving strips became curved shapes and my hands became the loom. 

Leading into this new work is a varied career in arts management and administration, commercial and non-profit galleries, museum curatorial positions and teaching art at the junior high and college levels. My husband and two grown sons have always been a source of support and inspiration. I am convinced the joy of discovery involved in making art is a superior antidote to the Parkinson’s disease diagnosis I received in 2004.

I’m fortunate to have had a variety of solo and group exhibition opportunities locally and nationally in galleries and museums. My work is in several corporate and numerous private collections. Lately my interest has shifted to showing work in non-traditional venues such as public libraries and schools where it is seen by people going about their daily routines.

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