Biography

Education

Master of Fine Arts	University of Colorado
Painting	Boulder, Colorado 1984

Bachelor of Fine Arts Parsons School of Design

Painting New York, New York 1981

Grants

2009	Grants to Individuals, Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, Vision ExVoto

Exhibitions

2015	Show and Shine #3 (group show) Hermes Gallery, Halifax, NS
2015	As in a Dream (solo show) Hermes Gallery, Halifax, NS
2014	Holiday Madness (group show) Hermes Gallery, Halifax, NS
2014	RPT (group show) Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2014	Daily Vision Paintings, (three person show) World Trade and Convention Centre, Halifax, NS
2012	TBA (group show)
2008	Exalted Beings: Animal Relationships (group show) Dalhousie Art Gallery. Halifax, NS
2008	Birds, Beasts and Mythical Creatures (one person show) Craig Gallery, Alderney Landing, Dartmouth, NS
2007	Beastie, FemFest, Khyber Center for the Arts, Halifax, NS (group show)
2006	Charnel Ground Paintings (one person show) Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, BC
2005	Wakeful Expressions (group show) Freds, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2004	Ethereal Constructions (two person show) Niagara Artist Company, St. Catherines, Ontario
2003	The Passionate Illusion (one person show) St. Francis Xavier Art Gallery, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
2003	Contemporary Drawing 2003 (group show) T.W. Wood Gallery and Art Center, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT
2002	Works in the Permanent Collection (group show) St. Mary's University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2000	Divina et Femina (group show) University of Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
1998	Autumn Gold (group show) Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1998	Far and Wide (group show) Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1996 - 1997	Far and Wide (group show) Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Halifax. Nova Scotia University College of Cape Breton Art Gallery
1996	Painting: Spirit (two person show) St. Mary's University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2003	Remembering Impermanence (two person show) The Art Gallery, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1988	Update (group show) Chapel Gallery, Newton, Massachusetts
1987	Wakeful World (one person show) Gallery 410, University of Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts
	Painted Constructions (one person show) Chapel Gallery, Newton, Massachusetts
	New England Women Artists: 1987 (group show) Northeastern University Art Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1985	Black Magic (group show) Pirate Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1984	Women (group show) Center for Idea Art, Denver, Colorado

Collections

Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia 2001
Nova Scotia Art Bank - 1993, 1995, 1996
The Canada Council Art Bank - 1992

Reviews

The Chronicle Herald (Halifax), June 14, 2014, Artists Create in the Dark
Daily News (Halifax), January 17, 2008; Buddhist artist creates a ‘dreamscape’
Preview Gallery Guide (Western Canada); Sept-Oct 2006, Barbara Berry: Charnel
Brock Press (St. Catherines), March 2, 2004; New Exhibition Examines Issues of Religion
Pulse Niagara (St. Catherines); March 2004; Art Beat of Niagara
Visual Arts News (Nova Scotia), summer 1996; Show Reviews
Chronicle-Herald (Halifax), April 26, 1996; At the Galleries
Arts Atlantic (Atlantic Canada), winter 1993; Exhibitions
Chronicle-Herald (Halifax), May 21, 1992; At the Galleries
What's Up (Boston), June 16-22, 1988; Show Review
Boston Globe June 23, 1988; Critic's Tip
Boston Globe May 21, 1987; Show Review

Publications

"Exalted Beings: Animal Relationships", catalogue essay by Peter Dykhuis, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS, 2008.
"Painting Spirit", brochure essay by Gordon Laurin, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS, 1996.

Teaching Experience

Paint and Print: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, 2011-2013
Foundation Drawing I: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, 2004 - 2011
Foundation Drawing II: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, 2006 - 2012
Sketchbook Drawing: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Continuing Education, 2004
Representational and Abstract Drawing: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Continuing Education, 2003 and 2004
Basic Drawing, Mixed Media: Nova Scotia Community College, Halifax, 2001 - 2002