Current Professional Roles
Gallery Director, Essex Art Association
President, Connecticut Women Artists
Administrator, Essex Board of Trade
AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS
2026
“Max”: Honorable Mention in NAC’s Photo 2026 Exhibition
Interview, Bold Journey Magazine
2025
“Oscillate”: 2nd Place Award at Gallery 53's 2025 Abstract Art Exhibit
“Celebrating the 4th of July”: Honorable Mention in Shoreline Arts Alliance IMAGES 2025 show
“Waiting at the Rainbow Bridge”: Second Place, Florence & Russell Hanson Photography Award at Gallery 53’s 101st Annual Fall Art Exhibit
2024
"Fiona and the Stormy Skies": Best Photo at EAA’s Spring Juried Show
“Saved - Equine Rescues of Connecticut” book collaboration
2023
“Be a Rainbow in Someone’s Cloud”: First Place award in Gallery 53’s 99th Annual Fall Show, an award in honor of Eunice Goodyear.
Clinton Art Gallery Featured Artist, May 2023
"Fiona and the Stormy Skies": First Place Photography Award at the Hospital of Specialized Care's "Joy of Art" Juried Show
"Fiona and the Stormy Skies": Honorable Mention in Shoreline Arts Alliance’s IMAGES 2023 Show
"Fiona and the Stormy Skies": First Place in the “Moments Well Spent” Photography Exhibit at Gallery 53
Hartford 21 Summer Exhibition featuring four artists
High Voltage Art Program - Box 940, New Britain, CT
"Manchester View of Hartford": Winner and Honorable Mention at WORK_SPACE's "Expressions of Manchester" Bicentennial Commemoration.
"The Starting Line Heat": Best Photo at EAA's Summer Juried Show themed "The Heat is On"
"Twilight Highlights": Best in Theme at EAA's Spring Juried Show, themed "Blue Skies Smiling at Me".
2022
"Baby's Breath": Best Photo at EAA's "All You Need is Love" Show.
"Ethereal": Best of Show at Gallery 53's 98th Annual Fall Show and Equine Photography Award at Equis Film Festival.
Hawk at Ridge Winery Featured Artist
Published book, "Journey of the Dream Team" featuring CDHR's Percheron Team, Spencer & Oliver.
"Sharing Thoughts": 4th Place Award at ALNB's 15th Annual Spring Open Juried Exhibit.
"Snow Dance": Gremlin Memorial Award in Gallery 53's 98th Annual Fall Art Exhibit.
"Window to the Soul": Honorable Mention at Shoreline Arts Alliance IMAGES Show.
2021
Awarded "Artists Respond" Grant by the CT Office of the Arts, used to publish my book, "Journey of the Dream Team".
2020
Featured Artist at Clinton Art Gallery, July 2020
Featured Artist at Hawk Ridge Winery, May 2020
Featured Artist at Yale-New Haven Art Corridor, January 2020
2019
"Contemplation": Best Painting at CDHR's "Save a Horse - Buy Art!" Juried Art Show.
"Draft Reflection": Best Interpretation of the Theme at EAA's "Odd Perspectives" Show.
2017
"A Team of Two Makes One": Best of Show at CDHR's "Save a Horse - Buy Art!" Juried Art Show
"Best Friends": Viewers Pick at CDHR's "Save a Horse - Buy Art!" Juried Art Show
"The Clyde Pals, Sammy & Ben": Honorable Mention at CDHR's "Save a Horse - Buy Art!" Juried Art Show
2016
"Spencer & Oliver": Best Photo at CDHR's "Save a Horse - Buy Art!" Juried Art Show
2015
Solo Show themed "Flora, Fauna, and Phases" at Kent Newton Salon, Boston, MA
Juror
Connecticut Regional Scholastic Art Awards, 2025
CT Valley Camera Club – NECCC Winter competition, 2025
CT Valley Camera Club – NECCC Fall competition, 2025
The "FACES of Clinton" photography contest and exhibit, sponsored by The Gallery @Henry on Main, 2026
Gallery 53’s 17th Annual Photography Exhibit, 2026
VRHS Student Art Show: 2024, 2025, 2026
Invited Speaker
“Art Heals”, an inspired writing workshop collaboration with Poet Laureate Ed Lent for Mercy by the Sea. April 2026
“Turning Images into Opportunities; Transforming a body of work into visibility, connection, and creative growth”, a professional development presentation to CVCC. January 2026
“Essex Art Association - 2024 Exhibition Season” to CVCC. June 2024
“Equine Photography” to CVCC. February 2019
EXHIBITIONS & SHOW CHAIRS
2026
ALNB Photography Exhibition, “Seeing Red” Exhibition, and “Dreaming of Spring” Exhibition
ART HEALS collaboration with Ed Lent at Mercy by the Sea
Art Squash Enfield 2026
CAFA+ Members Show at theWesterly Library Hoxie Gallery
CRT: 33rd Annual National Arts Program
CWA Council Show
EAA Elected Artists Show
Gallery 66 Mural Project
Mattatuck Museum's MIXMASTER 2026 Juried Members Exhibition
Monastery Gallery's "Pilgrims of Hope" exhibition
NLCT Photo Art Show
Show Chair for CWA’s Members’ Show at ALNB
Show Chair for EAA’s 80th Anniversary Committee.
2025
Art Squash Enfield 2025
Connecticut Women Artists: Small Works Members' Show, "The Influence of Light" at the Monastery Gallery of Art, Annual National Open Juried Exhibition at William Benton Museum of Art
CRT: 32nd Annual National Arts Program
Essex Art Association: Spring Open Show, Spring Juried Show, Summer Open Show, Elected Artists Show, Present Tense: Essex in Plein Air
Evergreen Woods: “Poetry and Paint: The Canvas Speaks”
Gallery 53: Ebony & Ivory, Abstract Art Exhibit, 101st Annual Fall Art Exhibit
Gallery 66: Colors of Change: Art, Awareness, and the Love of Pets, Just Art
The Garden Club of New Haven’s Centennial Celebration Art Exhibit at DaSilva Gallery
Hospital for Special Care: Featured Artist January/February, “Joy of Art” juried exhibition
Hygienic Art Opus for Peace
InterCommunity Health: Echoes, Inner Vibrance
Lyme Art Association: Expanding Visions
NBMAA 2025 Art Party of the Year
Save a Horse - Buy Art! Juried Show and Sale
Shoreline Arts Alliance IMAGES Show 2025
2024
American Society of Media Photographers: “Off the Clock” show
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts’ CAFA+ Members 2024 Show
Connecticut Women Artists Annual Members Juried Show
CRT: 31st Annual National Arts Program
Essex Art Association: Spring Open Show, Spring Juried Show, Summer Open Show, Summer Juried Show, Elected Artists Show, & Volunteer Show
G53 ALT Exhibit Featured Artist
Hartford ArtSpace Gallery: Un-Art-6
Hospital for Specialized Care: "Joy of Art" juried exhibition
Hygienic Art: Salon des Independants Exhibition
Save a Horse - Buy Art! Juried Show and Sale
Shoreline Arts Alliance IMAGES Show 2024
Shoreline Arts Alliance IMAGES 2024 - Hospice Show
The Mattatuck Museum: Mixmaster 2024
The Mattatuck Museum: Riverside Reflections
2023
Art League of New Britain: "Hang it Up", "World of Color", and 14th Annual Spring Open Juried Exhibit
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts Members 2023 show
Clinton Art Society: Annual Summer Juried Exhibition
CT Association of Photographers: 2023 TOPS in Connecticut competition
Essex Art Association: Spring Juried Show, Elected Artists Show, Summer Open Show, Summer Juried Show
Gallery 53: "Ebony & Ivory", "Birds & Blooms", Women Photographers of CT Show
Gallery 66: "The Pursuit of Excellence", "Emerging Colors", and "Proclaimed Freedoms" Exhibitions
Hospital for Specialized Care: " Joy of Art"
Shoreline Arts Alliance IMAGES 2023
WEHA Artists Emporium: "Black, White, & Red"
WORK_SPACE: Expressions of Manchester Bicentennial Commemoration
2022
Art League of New Britain: "Nothing but Flowers" and 15th Annual Spring Open Juried Exhibit
Save a Horse - Buy Art! Juried Show and Sale
EQUUS Film & Arts Festival
Essex Art Association: Spring Juried Show, Elected Artists Show, Summer Open Show, Summer Juried Show, Late Summer Open Show
Gallery 53: 98th Annual Fall Show 2022
Shoreline Arts Alliance IMAGES 2022
West Hartford Art League: CT+6 Regional Exhibit, 15th Anniversary
2021
Shoreline Arts Alliance IMAGES Show
2020
Art League of New Britain: "Working from the Figure"
Arts Center East: 8th Annual Photography Exhibit
CRT: 29th Annual National Arts Program
Harmony & Health Invitational Artist Show
Milford Photo: Virtual Milford Photo Expo
Priam Vineyards: "Art, Wine, & Horses" Invitational Show
Slater Memorial Museum: Annual CT Artists Juried Exhibition
2019
Save a Horse - Buy Art! Juried Show and Sale
Essex Art Association Gallery: Summer Juried Show and Late Open Summer Show
Mystic Museum of Art: Photo Show 41
Rowayton Arts Center Autumn Juried Art Show
2018
Save a Horse - Buy Art! Juried Show and Sale
Mystic Museum of Art: Annual Regional Exhibition and Photo Show 40
The Voice of Art Gallery: Members Show
2017
Save a Horse - Buy Art! Juried Show and Sale
Mystic Museum of Art: Photo Show 39
The Arts Castle: An Equine Jubilee, Celebrating the Horse in Art
2016
Save a Horse - Buy Art! Juried Show and Sale
Mystic Museum of Art: Photo Show 38
The Spectrum Gallery: Summer Show
2015
Save a Horse - Buy Art! Juried Show and Sale
2026 MEMBERSHIP
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Connecticut Association of Photographers, Connecticut Women Artists, Essex Art Association, Mattatuck Museum, NBMAA, and NHS - Gallery 66