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When people ask me how long I’ve been drawing I tell them I was born with a pen in my hand. A found piece of graphite rock, a charcoal stick from a campfire, or anything that could make a mark I would use to doodle with on any available surface. This occupied me for hours as a child, and I’ve never outgrown it. I wouldn’t be surprised if I was a prehistoric cave painter in a former life. Upon graduating high school I was discouraged from pursuing the "impractical" career of an artist.
Moving into adulthood, I got a degree in Natural Resources, married a wonderful man, raised 3 great kids, and continued to draw like a madwoman. Only my family and a few friends knew of this obsession and they all wonderfully and tirelessly encouraged me to pursue it for over twenty years. In 2008 I discovered an insightful article which opened my eyes to the fact that the true soul and spirit of an artist emerges when he/she draws what they love. I turned my pen and brush over to creating trees, and the words of that article have come to life.
Entering the art world as a self taught artist, my credentials are patience, observation, perseverance and, quite simply - effort. Trial and Error are wonderful teachers. The hours I once spent in the Dendrology lab tediously identifying trees by their bud tips and bark has paid off. I find that I have an instinctual ability to attach human qualities to my subjects - an infectious tendency that now has my family, friends, and co-workers seeing faces, butts, arms, and gestures in trees where before there were none, and sending me photos that remind them of me. I carry a camera everywhere I go because you never know when you’re going to drive by a great face. All of this provides me with an endless supply of ideas, and the desire to challenge myself further in the creation of my long limbed friends. To me, trees epitomize the resilience, beauty, and acceptance of change and life that I seek in my own world, and I yearn to share it.
I try to give my trees personalities and character while telling stories which are sometimes environmentally based, sometimes whimsical, and often humorous. I hope they evoke nostalgic memories, raise environmental consciousness, and appeal to the tree hugger in all of us.
See us at these Art & Craft shows!Saco, Maine Sidewalk Art Festival juried event, June 26, 2010
Bath, Maine Heritage Days juried Art in The Park, July 3 & 4, 2010
Norway Juried Arts Festival, July 10, 2010
Waterville, Maine Intown Art Festival juried event, July 17, 2010
WLBZ Bangor, Maine Sidewalk Art Fest, juried event, August 7, 2010
South Portland juried Mill Creek Art in The Park August 14, 2010
Winthrop, Maine Juried Sidewalk Art Festival, August 21, 2010
WCSH Portland, Maine Sidewalk Art Festival juried event, August 28, 2010
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