I am an artist and art teacher based in the Philadelphia suburbs.  I grew up in Philadelphia and returned some years after finishing college and graduate school in the Boston area. I completed my undergraduate degree at Wellesley College and earned my master's degree in art education at Massachusetts College of Art.  Leaving the Philadelphia region helped me develop a greater appreciation for some of my favorite things here- the architecture and the many wooded creeks that flow into the Delaware River. Much of this has been the focus of my work since returning.

I am indebted to my high school art teacher, Alice Cook, for inspiring me to become a painter and an art teacher.