Artist Statement‍

"The artist paints for herself, out of her own need, otherwise the story lacks reality."
‍Madeleine L'Engle

My need to become part of the land and breathe its rhythm is my soul's search for peace. This search is my process in art. I am forever learning to be more authentic and present - fully mindful and engaged in nature’s timing and energies. This energy is caught in my intuitive color choices. The use of fingers, my hand made tools and found objects foster the integrity present in my work. This process allows me to move with spontaneous abandon, embodying the ephemeral elements inherent in nature.

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Education

1998 and 2011, 2012
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Certificate and Post Baccalaureate

1994
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Independent Study

2005
Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, Mt. Desert, ME
Independent Study

1966
Boston University, Boston, MA
BA, History of Art

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Awards & Honors

2022
Winner, Talent Prize, Art Show International Gallery

Finalist, Agora Gallery, 36th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition

2021
Honorable Mention: Watercolor, Vero Beach Museum of Art, Art By the Sea

1st Prize: Acrylics, Made in the USA Show, Vero Beach, FL

2020
2nd Place: Acrylics, Vero Beach Museum of Art, Art By the Sea, Vero Beach, FL

2018
Elizabeth Osborne Award and Fellowship President's Special Recognition Award, 115th  Pennsylvania Academy Fellowship Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

2017
The Caroline Gibbon Granger Award, Pennsylvania Academy Fellowship Show, Philadelphia, PA
Kirsten Jensen, Juror

Elizabeth Osborne Award and Fellowship President's Special Recognition Award, 115TH Pennsylvania Academy Fellowship Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
Elizabeth Osborne, Juror

Honorable Mention, 98TH Pennsylvania Academy Fellowship Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

The Alumni Award and Haney Foundation Award, 97th Pennsylvania Academy Student Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

Charles Crawley Landscape Purchase Award, 96th Pennsylvania Academy Student Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

Honorable Mention and The Zinni Painting Award, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Bill Scott and Lisa Tremper, Jurors

Hunan Award for Painting, Main Line Center for the Arts, Haverford, PA
Thora Jacobson, Juror

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Residencies

Haystack, Deer Isle, ME
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

Bibliography

Taylor Kearney, Carol, “Abloom with Aplomb at Cerulean Gallery”, Whats' Art Blog, March 14, 2018

"Artist Talk", November 2014

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Publications

“Abloom with Aplomb at Cerulean Gallery," WhatsArt Blog, March 14, 2018, Taylor Kearney, Carol

"Philadelphia Area Painters," Schiffer Publication, Fall 2016

"Find your Inner Artist," Healthy Aging Magazine, Summer 2014

"Juried Selection," Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 25

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Collections

Corporate‍

Carlstrom Productions, San Jose, CA
Cook City Suites, Philadelphia, PA
Curry Hill, Bethesda, MD
Helen Shonbrum Advertising, Philadelphia, PA
McGraw-Hill Corporate Collection, New York, NY
Newsweek Corporation, New York, NY
The Permanent Collection of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
The White House, Christmas Collection, Washington, DC
Thompson Associates, Philadelphia, PA

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Private

Mrs Charles Andes, Haverford, PA
Mr Peter Benoliel, Wayne, PA
Rev and Mrs Robert Brooks, Little Compton, RI
Mr and Mrs Winston J Churchill, Malvern, PA
Mr and Mrs William Giles, Gladwyne, PA
Mrs Mary Anne Justice, Bryn Mawr, PA
Mr and Mrs Christopher LeVine Haverford, PA
Mr and Mrs Peter McCausland, Wyndmoor, PA
Ms Anne McCollum, Wayne, PA
Mr and Mrs John B McGowan, Malvern, PA
Mr Frederick Osborne and Mrs Judith Barbour Osborne, Old Lyme, CT
Mr Frank Babb Randolph, Washington, D.C.
Mr and Mrs Robert C Vose, Jr., Boston, MA
Mr Alfred J Walker, Boston, MA
Ms Sue Wiggins, London, UK
Mr and Mrs Alan Windt, Nantucket, MA

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Affiliation

Gallery Affiliations

Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Muse Gallery (1999-2015)
Vero Beach Art Association

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Professional Experience

Board Member, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Board Member, Creative Artist Network (now The Center for Emerging Artist), Philadelphia, PA
Board Member, Alumni Association, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Board Member, The Fellowship, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Teaching Assistant, Shipley School, Bryn Mawr, PA
Teaching, Nantucket School of Art and design, Nantucket, MA

Exhibitions

Solo

2023
Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2021
Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2020
Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2019
Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2018
Thomas Jefferson Hospital, RM Associates, Philadelphia, PA

Healing Arts Collective, Philadelphia, PA

2014
Griesing Law Offices, Philadelphia, PA

Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2012
Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2007
Frank Babb Randolph Collects, Washington, DC

2006
Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, Nantucket, MA

2004
The Shipley School, Haverford, PA

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Group‍

2023
Treasure Coast Creates, Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL

2022
InLiquid, The Steele Building, Philadelphia, PA

2021
Pour Your Heart Out, Emerson Center, Vero Beach, FL

The Fellowship of PAFA, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Made in the USA, Featured on WPTV, Vero Beach, FL

2020
Inspired, Emerson Center, Vero Beach, FL

2019
Art Stroll, Rock City Garden, Vero Beach, FL

2018
Abloom, Cerulean Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational

2017
116th Pennsylvania Academy Fellowship Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Kristin M. Jensen, Juror

2016
115th Pennsylvania Academy Fellowship Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Elizabeth Osborne, Juror

2014
Emerging Artists Show, Artists’ House, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational

2005
Nantucket Island Artists, The Brigham Galleries, Nantucket, MA
Invitational

Pre-2000
Artist’s Equity Triennial, Berman Museum, Collegeville, PA
Juried Exhibition

Union League, Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

Long Beach Island Foundation, Long Beach Township, NJ

Impressions XI, American College, Bryn Mawr, PA

Art at the Armory, Philadelphia, PA

Main Line Center for the Arts, Haverford, PA

Westmoreland Art National

Haverford School Fine Arts Show, Haverford, PA

Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

Three Woman Show, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

Marion Locks Invitational, Wayne, PA

Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

15 Exposures, USArtists Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Insurance Companies, Philadelphia, PA