Being accepted to Rhode Island School of Design as a freshman in 1971 and eventually graduating with a BFA in 1977 set the stage for art, and my music career eventually waned. I followed the art calling until marriage and the birth of two daughters (now grown, and both artists themselves) called for a creative hiatus, for some years.

Eventually, I made a leap and dove back into visual art with a vengeance.

When my daughters were about 4 and 9, something in me woke up and said "I used to be an artist... what happened?" My innate need to make art got renewed via painting, and resuming studies, at Lyme Academy of Fine Arts. 

When I was in my fifties, I was able to go back to school and receive my MFA in studio art from the Vermont Studio Center/Northern Vermont University graduate studies program, which truly revived my lifelong art pursuit and cemented my career. 

In general, I have been incredibly blessed to be able to follow my creative journey as an artist. Not a day goes by without gratitude for the experiences I’ve had, my connection with other artists, and how I got to be where I am now, making art in my studio in an old mill in beautiful Rhode Island.