HOME
 When
people ask me how long I have been drawing and painting I tell them “all
of my life”. Some of my earliest memories revolve around art.
I grew up in
Buffalo, New York and graduated in 1987 from the State University of New
York at Geneseo with a dual major in English Literature and Art Studio.
My concentration in my art degree was textiles but I have not pursued
that medium since college. Since graduating from college, I have had
the opportunity to study under many different artists. I have taken
classes at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, NY), Maryland College
of Art & Design (Wheaton, MD), the Art League located at the Torpedo
Factory (Alexandria, VA), the Art Studio (Williamsburg, VA), Peninsula
Fine Arts Center (Newport News, VA) and the Charles Taylor Arts Center
(Hampton, VA). Most of the classes I took have been watercolor classes
and I exclusively painted in watercolor for many years.
About 5 years ago
after the birth of my first child, I decided that I wanted to take
classes again but explore a different medium. I signed up for an
acrylic painting class at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center with James
Warwick Jones as the instructor. I have been a regular class
participant since that time.
Learning acrylic
painting has opened up a new world for me in exploring art. Calling
painting my hobby does not seem enough for me for I acquire a great deal
of personal satisfaction when I paint. Just recently I started to
exhibit and sell my work.
Most of my
paintings involve outdoor scenes that I have photographed. I am an avid
gardener and use many of the flowers from my own garden as painting
subjects. I enjoy hiking, running and spending time outdoors with my
family and dogs.
I enjoy painting
portraits of family pets and try to the make the painting the closest
resemblance possible to the customer’s pet. I spend a lot of time on
the eyes of the animal for I feel that is what sets it apart from any
other dog or cat.
 I
currently live in Williamsburg, Virginia with my husband, three young children,
one dogs, two guinea pigs, frog and fish. The name of “Barking Dog
Studio” was conceived many years ago when we were trying to find an
appropriate name for my studio. The window next to my easel looks over
our back porch where many nights (and days) will find one (or two) of
our dogs barking at the moon.
Thank you for
stopping by and I hope you enjoy my gallery!
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Exhibitions
THE NEW
WORLD: A Tidewater Art Alliance Juried Exhibition
Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
April 27 - June 11, 2007
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A Tribute
to Women: Local Female Artist Exhibit and Competition
Phoebus Art
Gallery, Hampton, VA
March 17-April 14, 2007
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Hampton Art League
Open Members Show
Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton, VA
January 19 - February 18, 2007
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An
Occasion
for
the Arts
Williamsburg, VA
October 1, 2006
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24th Annual Hampton
Bay Days Juried Art Show
The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center,
Hampton, VA
July 28 ~ September 10, 2006
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Annual Members'
Show
June 20-July 28 2006
This
Century Gallery
Williamsburg, VA
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Local Artists'
Juried Exhibition
July 2, 2006-August 26, 2006
Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts
Fredericksburg, VA
http://www.fccava.org/
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16th Mid-Atlantic
Art Exhibition
"OPEN to
All Media 2006"
d'Art Center
Norfolk, VA
April 28 through June 25, 2006
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Tidewater Artist Association Juried Exhibition
"Flying High"
Charles H. Taylor Arts Center
Hampton, VA
April 28 through June 11, 2006
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Winner First Place
Gloucester, VA Daffodil Festival
Poster Contest
April 2006
View Poster
Purchase Poster
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Phoebus Art Factory
"A Tribute to Women"
Phoebus Art Factory
Hampton, VA
March 10
through
March 31
2006
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The Hampton Arts League Open Members Show
Charles
H. Taylor
Arts Center
Hampton, VA
January 20
through
February 19
2006
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6th Annual Juried Exhibit
"True"
Sponsored by Trinity Presbyterian Church,
d'Art Center
Norfolk, VA
January 7-8 2006
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Fall National
Juried Exhibition
Impact
Artist's
Gallery
Buffalo, NY November
2005
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Spring National Juried Exhibition
Impact
Artist's
Gallery
Buffalo, NY
March 2005 |
