Artist Statement

As a Pictorial Expressionist painter and photographer, I view my work as an aggressive form of problem solving.

When composing my work, whether through a camera’s viewfinder or on canvas or paper, I’m continually deciding what angle or perspective, which color, what light, and which medium to manipulate best to illustrate our environment and the human condition. Born the youngest of five French Canadian Cree Indian children, I was fortunate to have had a mother that valued dance, music and travel, for it was traveling to foreign destinations that lit creativity in my soul.

These excursions led me to begin photographing the world’s cultures and its environments and thus I began World Impressions Photography, where I conducted photographic shows with speaking engagements for audiences interested in a particular culture or environment. The evening presentations included a discussion of my work and experiences, as well as culture specific culinary dishes.

As my work matured, I became attracted to other mediums of expression, notably watercolor, oil and acrylic painting. Once thoroughly ensconced in these additional visual forms of communication, I began Waterworks Art, LLC to continue to explore and express my impressions of our natural world and the cultural condition.

Professional Associations

Baltimore Camera Club - Secretary
Baltimore Watercolor Society - Signature Member
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society - Signature Member
Miami Watercolor Society - Life and Signature Member, Past President
California Watercolor Society - Associate member
Cape Cod Art Association - Associate Member
Florida Watercolor Society - Associate Member
International Society of Experimental Artists - Associate Member
Maryland Federation of Art - Member Artist
National Association of Women Artists - Pending
Northwest Watercolor Society – Associate Member
Southern Watercolor Society – Associate Member

Art Juror

Arundel Camera Club Birds Photography Judge, Anne Arundel, MD - 2020
Bowie-Crofton Camera Club Still Life Photography Judge, Bowie, MD - 2019
Maryland Photography Alliance Certified Photography Judge, Baltimore, MD - 2018-Present
Fairchild Tropical Gardens Bromeliad Society Show, Miami, FL - 2011
Fairchild Tropical Gardens Photography Show, Miami, FL - 2010
Fairchild Tropical Gardens Annual Art Show, Miami, FL - 2007-2013

Education

ONGOING - Zoll Studio School of Fine Art
ONGOING - Individual Instructors of Note:
Photography: Ran Zeimer
Acrylic: Linda Benton McCloskey
Oil: Mathew Zoll
Mixed Media: Carol Nelson
Watercolor: Mary Ann Beckwith
Watercolor: John Salminen
2018 Maryland Photography Alliance Juror Training
2017 The Blair School of Art
1995-1996 Museum of Fine Arts Docent
1979-1980 Learning Disabilities Specialist
1978 MA Behavioral Disorders, U of SF
1973 BA Mental Disorders, Jersey City University