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Background: My earliest influences in art were my family’s collection of
Japanese wood block prints, which included ukiyo-e prints and shin hanga prints
by Hiroshi Yoshida, 1876-1950. Yoshida’s landscapes, in particular, with the
clean lines and views of far away worlds enchanted me. Although I always loved
drawing and painting, I majored in English literature and eventually worked in
marketing, advertising and communications.
It wasn’t until a tragedy affected my family that I left my former career and
eventually found the time to devote to painting. Our youngest child had a spinal
cord injury when he was sixteen and was paralyzed. After several years of
adjustment and watching our son heal and move on with his life, I began to paint
again and have painted ever since.
While most of my earlier paintings were in watercolor, I also work in charcoal,
pencil and in oils. Another of my interests is genealogy and I’ve done research on my family’s
 history for many years. As a painter, I am fascinated by old family photos and
have painted portraits of some of those ancestors. In a sense, painting my
ancestors is also a way of reaching out to them, a way of remembering their
lives and our connection through time and blood.
Today, I have two passions in life: art and support for spinal cord injured
patients and their families. I divide my time between painting and volunteering
at Atlanta’s Shepherd Center with their Family Support Services program.
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Professional Experience:
Public Relations, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Advertising, Kiefer Braunger Shelley Schrader, Eugene, Oregon
Director of Internships, Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Marketing Consultant for Mobility International, Eugene, Oregon
Art
Education:
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Studied watercolor painting with
Oregon artists Patrick Dooley, Ellen Gabehart and Richard Quigley and with North
Carolina artist Luna Lee Ray.
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In Atlanta, studied drawing and oil
painting at Old World Art with the national award-winning and internationally
trained artist Chris diDomizio.
Exhibitions:
2003, Hudson Valley Art Association 72nd Annual Exhibition, Hasting-on-Hudson,
New York
2003, Dunwoody Fine Art Association’s Southeastern Exhibition, Mableton, Georgia
2003, Atlanta Artists’ Center Exhibition, Defoors Center, Atlanta, Georgia
2003, Georgia Watercolor Society Members’ Show, Dawsonville, Georgia
2003, Atlanta Artists Center Dogwood Show, Atlanta, Georgia
2004, Hudson Valley Art Association, 73rd Annual Exhibition, Hasting-on-Hudson,
New York
2005, Best in Show, 33rd Annual Traveling Show, Atlanta Artists Center, Atlanta,
Georgia
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