ARTIST'S STATEMENT


My interest in painting-- from life and from flowers in my garden--has taken a new focus in the past two
years, with independent study at the Regenstein School of the Chicago Botanic Garden.  I have been
examining  plants with a new eye as I pursue the botanical artist's discipline.   I have also worked plein air
at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Reed Turner Nature Preserve, the Volo Bog, the Middlefork Savanna near
my home, and another restored meadow, at  Mettawa Manor.  


BACKGROUND

Together with the Chicago Botanic Garden enrollment and other recent  classes and workshops, my
background includes a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree
cum laude from the University of South Dakota.

As staff artist of the Wilmette Public Library, I have been creating posters and lettering with a variety of
media to publicize their programs for the past twenty years.  I also produce murals, constructions,  and
room decorations for seasonal projects at the Library.

I am active in the following organizations:

Member,
American Society of Botanical Artists
Member, Reed-Turner Woodland Botanical Artist
Member, Friends of the Volo Bog
Member, Friends of Ryerson Woods
Member, Transparent Watercolor Society of America
Member, Director, Treasurer, Art Fair Co-chair- Glenview Art League
Member and Past Director - Wilmette Arts Guild
Member and Past Treasurer - Lakes Region Watercolor Guild, Lake County, IL
Member -
Artists on the Bluff, Lake Bluff
Member -
Deer Path Art League, Lake Forest
Governing Membe
r - The Art Institute of Chicago
Governing Member - Chicago Horticultural Society (Chicago Botanic Garden)
Member -
Lake Forest Open Lands Association
Member and Secretary  - Lake Forest Symphony Guild
Sustaining Member -
Lake Forest Preservation Foundation
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