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ABOUT ME
I have been making and loving art for as long as I can remember. I enjoy working with color, pattern, and texture and am fascinated by the power they hold to evoke emotion.
When I let my academic career and physical injuries take over, I stopped feeding my soul with creativity. My life became very imbalanced and my well being was suffering. I started to take workshops and classes that gave me some time to create in new ways and eventually started a regular practice of painting and mixed media work. I also started learning from mentors, teachers, and life coaches about spirituality, personal growth, and leadership.
I enjoy teaching and helping people change their perspective to achieve more peace, happiness, and empowerment. It is easy to get disconnected and overwhelmed in this high-tech busy world that we live in. Sometimes, we need to take the time for ourselves to get out of our heads and into our hearts. This can be very healing and will help reduce stress levels, give you more clarity, more self-awareness, and increased ability to achieve soul-inspired goals.
I have been making and loving art for as long as I can remember. I enjoy working with color, pattern, and texture and am fascinated by the power they hold to evoke emotion.
When I let my academic career and physical injuries take over, I stopped feeding my soul with creativity. My life became very imbalanced and my well being was suffering. I started to take workshops and classes that gave me some time to create in new ways and eventually started a regular practice of painting and mixed media work. I also started learning from mentors, teachers, and life coaches about spirituality, personal growth, and leadership.
I enjoy teaching and helping people change their perspective to achieve more peace, happiness, and empowerment. It is easy to get disconnected and overwhelmed in this high-tech busy world that we live in. Sometimes, we need to take the time for ourselves to get out of our heads and into our hearts. This can be very healing and will help reduce stress levels, give you more clarity, more self-awareness, and increased ability to achieve soul-inspired goals.
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HOW DID I GET HERE?
While attending various workshops, I kept getting the message that I needed to express myself creatively. After years of dealing with shoulder and back pain issues that resulted in me focusing on academic pursuits, I worked with a wonderful life coach who got me motivated to venture into creativity again. I read The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron and did the program from the book along with a 21-Day Painting Meditation Challenge. This really helped remove the creative blocks I was experiencing. The opportunities to work with art started to pop up out of nowhere. I taught some classes and private parties at a local Bottles & Brushes business, co-presented on creativity for wellness with colleagues at the college where I work, and eventually felt drawn to do more. While I have a Bachelor of Arts in Art from the University at Albany, I needed to reframe a lot of what I learned back then because I wasn't enjoying art or expressing myself authentically. I studied and became a certified Creatively Fit Coach in 2015. I have also taken multiple painting and mixed media courses, learning new techniques and expanding my tools for how I express myself and create art. In addition to art, I studied with Tisha Morris to get certified as a feng shui consultant through the Earth Home School of Feng Shui and became certified in April 2015. More recently, I was drawn digital aura portraits and collage. I achieved my certification as an Aura Portrait Practitioner in 2020. |
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EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
Art Instructor
EXHIBITION HISTORY
- Bachelor of Arts in Art - 2000
- Masters of Science in Information Science - 2004
- Certified Creatively Fit Coach - 2015
- Certified Feng Shui Consultant - 2015
- Certified Aura Portrait Practitioner - 2020
EXPERIENCE
Art Instructor
- Gloversville Public Library Children's Summer Programs
- Gloversville Senior Center
- Bottles & Brushes (Mayfield, NY)
- Core Fit (Mayfield, NY)
- Gloversville Public Library (Gloversville, NY)
- Harmony Hill Farm (Pottstown, PA)
- To the Moon and Back (Gloversville, NY)
- Empire State College student events (Albany, Saratoga Springs, Rochester, and Syracuse, NY)
EXHIBITION HISTORY
- 2001 – Gloversville Senior Center Art Show, Gloversville NY
- 2008 – Charity Event Art Show, Tiffany Smith Art Gallery, Johnstown NY
- 2016 – Artists and Authors Reception, Empire State College All College Event, Saratoga Springs NY
- 2018 – Artists and Authors Reception, Empire State College All College Event, Saratoga Springs NY
- 2018 – Rise Above Group Show, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton VA
- 2018 – Local Inspirations: A View Through Local Eyes, Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce Rotunda Gallery, Gloversville NY
- 2018 – Art in the Park, Johnstown NY
- 2018 – Albany Center Gallery Members' Show, Albany NY
- 2020 - Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts New York State Art Show, Gloversville NY
- 2021 - Glove Cities Arts Alliance Art Walk, Gloversville NY
- 2021- Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts New York State Summer Art Show, Gloversville NY
- 2022 - Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts Regional Art Show, Gloversville NY
- 2022- Glove Cities Arts Alliance Art Walk, Gloversville NY
2018 – Local Inspirations: A View Through Local Eyes, Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce Rotunda Gallery in Gloversville NY.
Photo as featured in Fulton County Express, Page 12, Week of March 22-28, 2018 - Volume 4: Number 42
As featured in "We Call This Home," Volume 1, Spring/Summer 2022, page 21
