Capturing Life in Oils

Signature Member

American Impressionist Society (AIS), American Women Artists (AWA), Women Artists of the West (WAOW)

Elected Member - Washington Society of Landscape Painters (WSLP)

 

 

 

 

 

IN THE NEWS

 

 

         

 

American Art Collector Magazine's September 2026 issue features seven of my paintings and a six-page Show Preview of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters "Sense of Place" Exhibit in Easton. Click here for more info about the paintings included in the issue. Later I will add PDFs of the Show Preview and the Art Lover's Guide to the Mid-Atlantic.

 

Visit my studio at the Artists' Atelier, 756 Walker Road, Great Falls VA

Open hours are on Wednesdays, noon to 4pm and Saturdays, 1oam to 2pm. Plus First Friday Art Walks, April to December, 6-8pm.

Or contact me at [email protected] for an appointment. Please stop by.

 

 

 

RECENT AWARDS

 

If Boats Could Talk Wins 3rd Place -- Plein Air Easton 2026 -- WOOHOO!

 

The Long Way Home was awarded 2nd Place among 2100+ entries in the July 2026 BoldBrush Contest

 

 

 

 

Beauty Pageant -- Best of Show in the American Impressionist Society's Associate Member Online Exhibition. Wow! AIS received 2242 entries and accepted 258 pieces ... and out of all that great art, this piece received the top honor by judge Kami Mendlik.  See all the award winners for the show here and you can watch the awards presentation by clicking this link. 

Available

 

HONORABLE MENTION - Art Renewal Center Salon 2026, Plein Air Category

 

WINNER'S CIRCLE AWARD - Best painting by a previous top award winner, Paint Great Falls 2025 and 2026

 

BEST SIGNATURE AWARD - Women Artists of the West 2024 National Exhibition

 

1ST PLACE (BEST IN SHOW) - Knoxville's "Artists on Location" 2022 Juried Plein Air competition, awarded by Judge Kathie Odom