I paint in oil and watermedia. I sculpt in wax and stone. I am primarily interested in the human figure, alone and in relationship to other figures and surroundings.
The gesture is all important.
I am fortunate. I have found work that drives and satisfies me, that removes me from the everyday and puts me in a place where there is no clock, no day, no night. Sometimes the result of striving for the simplest means of expressing an idea or reaction, brings a sense of accomplishment.
brief bio
I was born in Flint Michigan. I received a BA and did graduate work in Philosophy at Marquette University. I moved to Maine in 1980 with my husband and two children. I discovered art after owning and operating Pemaquid Floorcloths for 11 years. In 1993 I sold the business and decided to concentrate on painting and sculpture. I am primarily self-taught, but owe a great deal to mentors and artists Nancy Freeman, John Lorence and Court Bennett .
I maintain a studio/gallery in Round Pond, Maine
B.A. Philosophy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 1972
Graduate Study Philosophy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 1977 -1979
Art Training and Study
Painting Don Stone (Monhegan); George Kountoupis (Greece)
Sculpture John Ventimiglia (MECA)
Stone Constantine Seferlis( Round Top) and Andy Seferlis (River Arts)
Stone Vermont Carving Studio Rutland Vt
Iron work Anthony Tafuri (MECA)
Welding Maine Vocational Center, Rockland, ME
Selected Exhibitions
Round Top Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, ME
Crème Fraiche (three woman show) 1998
Bath Bridge Paintings (solo show) 1999
Member Shows 1996 – 2004
Faculty Shows 2000 – 2004
Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Me
Juried Shows 1996 – 2000
Five Women 1998
Figure and Portrait 2000
Sculpture 2001
Figures and Faces 2004 (co-curator and exhibitor)
Maine Sculptors 2004
O’Farrell Gallery, Brunswick, ME
The New Bath Bridge Paintings 2000
Maine Mountains (group show) 2000
Winter Solstice (group show) 2001
Mainers Away (group show) 2001
Atrium Gallery, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
The Figure Revealed (juried show) 2003
The Figure Revealed (juried show) 2005
Maine Sculptors Fall 2007
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
The Figure Revealed (group show) 2004
Waldo Theater Gallery, Waldoboro, ME
People of the Upper Tiber Valley (solo show) 2004
Judith Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
Sculpture 2006
Lewis Gallery, Portland Public Library, Portland, ME
Maine Sculptors Show 2003 – 2005
Maine Public Radio juried show 2005-2009
Northeast Fine Art and Design, Northeast Harbor, ME
Paintings and Sculpture 2006-2007
Gold Leaf Fine Art- Chattanooga, TN
solo shows
Mad Men 2009
Madame George 2010
Publications
Images of original floor cloth designs in Floor Coverings for Historic Buildings –
A Guide to Selecting Reproductions by Helene VonRosenstiel. Washington,
D.C.: The Preservation Press, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1988.
Board Affiliations
Member, Board of Directors, Round Top Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, ME
1998 - 2002
Member, Board of Directors, Mobius, Inc 1998 – present,
Founding Board Member, Friends of the DaPonte String Quartet 1998 - 2002
Founding Board Member, River Arts 2007- 2011
Representation
Owner and operator of KMack Studio Gallery, Round Pond, ME 1993 to present
Stable Gallery Damariscotta, Maine
Gold Leaf Fine Art - Chattanooga, Tennessee