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“Bringing Together Patrons Through Art”

I have been an artist for most my life. I was born in 1964, in Folkston England and moved to the United States as a young child. Whenever I could I would beg my parents to take me to the galleries and art museums in southeast Michigan.

Continuing my dream of becoming a professional artist, I chose to attend Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan. There I studied art, interior and industrial design and textiles design. 

I still live in Grand Rapids, make where I create art at my home studio, and teach at West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology. My primary focus is working with tweens and teens, to teach Color, Textiles, and Fashion Design. 

Throughout my career as a “working artist”, I’ve created large bodies of work in a variety of media, spaces and landscapes. However, after decades of producing these collections of work, I have found myself not yet widely known in the art world. I choose to make and show art where it can be seen by new audiences and sold. My art has been shown in several small, and group shows in Grand Rapids and the region. This is my first show during an Art Hop in Benton Harbor.

My desire to show my art in galleries has inspired me to create this miniature collection – Bringing Together Patrons Through Art. The works are complete with their own tiny patrons in the gallery-like settings allowing them to meet one another and enjoy the miniature installation, in an artful world made just for them! As you take in these little scenes – you yourself becomes part of the gallery scenes. What do you see – what are the conversations you imagine are taking place. Are the Lilliputian patrons merely admiring the art in front of them or are they sharing intimate glances between themselves – making connections with each other, with you – with the art. This is your show as well. Enjoy.