I was a creative child who liked to sit at the dining room table and draw. I took art classes at the local library during the summer in the small, rural village where I grew up, in Southern New Hampshire. After high school I studied art in Boston and San Francisco, where I earned a B.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute.

I soon learned that I could not support myself and a new family as a fine artist, so I went into education, earned a M.Ed. and became a classroom teacher. After nine years, I wanted to specialize my work with children. I earned a M.S. in communication disorders and worked as a Speech Language Pathologist before retiring in 2011. During those thirty-plus years I kept in touch with my creative side by taking art classes through various continuing education organizations.

Upon retiring, I promised myself that I would pursue art once again. I kept that promise and am an active artist in Newton. I am the past president and current exhibitions chairperson of the Newton Art Association and take classes at the New Art Center. I belong to several other art associations and actively exhibit my paintings. I classify myself as an experimental watercolor painter.