the journey

Every person has a story that brought them to where they are today.

My journey began in Worcester, Massachusetts where I grew up in a fairly typical New England Conservative Jewish home, rich with artistic and cultural sensibilities.

I always loved making art!

"Bubby and the Seasons" 1984

I grew up, went to Tufts University where I studied Occupational Therapy because it was practical and I was good with people and "You have to be really good to make it as an artist." So I was practical and I shelved my dream of being an artist for many years.

I did good work in the field of community mental health and then, from 1986-1990, I worked with/for the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt--- as part of its initial team of visionaries. I learned much about community and about love and loss through that work. I saw over and over again the transformative power of art making.

Discover what has been done and
imagine what it is that we can do together!

In 1992 I discovered silk painting and fell in love with it. I could no longer not make art. Silk painting became my primary medium and art making became my life. The Jewish community of which I was so familiar, became my laboratory. It has provided me with the opportunity to create art to meet the needs of an evolving spiritual community with a rich historic tradition of ritual art. It is a community with a dynamic evolving aesthetic.

Making art which reflects the values and sensibility of a given community has been the focus of my work for a dozen years now. I have traveled to many places, culling information from community members, and more often than not, involving them in the conceptualization of the design, as well as in its fabrication--- bringing the work to life by painting it themselves.

My journey has brought me back to Massachusetts where I cherish my connection to family & to the changing seasons.