I am a graduate of the University of Delaware with an Art Education degree, and have enjoyed traveling the world with my husband and daughters, teaching and painting for the past forty something years.  After teaching in Madison, Alabama for eleven years, I moved to Shippensburg, PA and continue to pursue my love affair with pastels. I teach a small group at the Council for the Arts, Chambersburg, PA.

May 2008- accepted in the juried National Pastel Society competition held by the Pastel Society of the Westcoast, Hagin Musuem, Stockton, CA.
February, 2009, two pastels were accepted into the Hunstville Art League's juried show, Unique Views of Huntsville and were hung in the Huntsville Museum of Art.  Garden of Hope won an award.
Feburary, 2009 one woman show at the Huntsville Art League.

September thru February (2010)- featured artist at the Bistro 71, Chambersburg, PA
Spring, 2010, invited to hang work in Huntsville Museum of Art gallery store
Spring 2010 - accepted to juried show held by York Art Alliance, York, PA
June - won a first and second for pastel category in Franklin County Art Alliance Member's Show
July 9 thru August 28- will be featured with two other artists in Chambersburg's Council for the Arts gallery, Chambersburg, PA
November, 2010 - accepted in 26th Annual Exhibition of Minature Art, Chambersburg"s Council for the Arts gallery, Chambersburg, PA

June 2011 - Franklin County Art Alliance Member's Show, first place, pastels
June 2011 - Educators's Show, Chambersburg Council of the Arts
October 2011 - Adams County Art Council Member's Show, Gettysburg, PA
November 2011 - accepted in 27th Annual Exhibition of Minature Art, honorable mention, Chambersburg Council for the Arts, Chambersburg, PA
January 2012 Adams County Art Alliance Teacher show, Gettysburg, PA
June 2012  one woman show, Grove Library, Chambersburg, PA
June 2012 Franklin County Art Alliance member show, honorable mention in pastel category
August 2012 Brushes With Nature show with three other women, Washington County Arts Council, Hagerstown, MD

June 2019 Franklin County Arts Association, awarded Shape Gallery prize
November-December 2019 juried into Council For The Arts Miniature Show, awarded Honorable Mention
July-August 2020 one woman show Cafe 997 
October - November juried into Council for the Arts Miniature Show, awarded Honorable Mention
September-December 2020 one woman show Coyle Library, Chambersburg, PA