Artist Statement
'Visible Soul' series, seeks to identify the specific shape and scope of a soul. My interest emerges from the simultaneous loss of my mother and birth of my children. I am drawn to the individuality of both stone and soul, each worn and eternal, with the ability to rise from the core yet gravity-bound. Rocks reflect spirituality, as they come from the core of the earth, in the same way our souls exist within us...massive, unseen and solid. When you hold a stone in your hand, it is a link to the past, present and future.

The surface is composed of fragile elements, tiny increments, a cellular collection paralleling our own delicate skins. The process of stitching beads is labor intensive and lingering. It is a way of making a mark and becomes a remnant of the passing of time, a memory of breath, a record of pulse, an accumulation of wisdom and authority.

The soul defines the surface and seen in glimpses, seeks to uncover the potential hidden therein.

Education

1991 MFA, Fiber. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
1982 BFA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Selected Exhibitions
2007 Hot House: Expanding the Field of Fiber at Cranbrook, 1970-2007, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
2006 Craft Forms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania.
2004 On the Move, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota.
2003 Stitched Myth, Memorial High Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin.
2002 The Audacious Bead, The Bead Museum, Washington, DC.
2001 Alchemy Amulets Alters, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin. Joyce Scott and Friends 2, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Grants and Awards
1999/2000 Minneapolis College of Art and Design/McKnight Foundation Fellowship, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jerome Foundation Blacklock Nature Sanctuary Residency, Moose Lake, Minnesota. Minnesota State Arts Board/Opportunity Grant, St. Paul, Minnesota.
1993 Minnesota State Arts Board/Opportunity Grant, St. Paul, Minnesota.
1991 Surface Design Association Student Award of Excellence, Oakland, California.

Publications
2004 500 Beaded Objects
2004 Fiberarts Design Book Seven
1999 Fiberarts Design Book Six
1995 Fiberarts Design Book Five
1994 Fiberarts Magazine, Art and the Environment by Celia Larner, Nov/Dec.

Private/Corporate/Museum Collections
In the Private Collections of Valerie Hector, Dana Hughes, Ted Lewis, Letha and Scott Wilson-Barnard, Beth Barron, Sara and David Lieberman, Stanton Sears, Ken Scott and The Minneapolis McKnight Foundation.

Bio
Born in Kingston, New York, 1959. I have been blessed to work and learn from artists Joyce Scott and Gerhardt Knodel, which lead to teaching opportunities at Haystack, Maine and Penland, North Carolina as well as The University of Minnesota.

I live with my family in Lake Leelanau.