Awards and Honors 2009 to present

2011
Space Coast Art Festival-2nd place Fiber, Merit Award Fiber
Award of Merit 2011, FAFO, Ocala
Best of Show 2011 Winter Park Autumn Art Festival 38th Annual
Citizen's Bank & Trust (President's) Award Lake Wales 40th Art Festival 2011, Fiber Arti Gras 1st Place Award-Mixed Media
Orlando Museum of Art, XX-XY/Gender Representation in Art 12*16*10-6*05*11, http://www.omart.org/

2010
Third Place - Fiber- Space Coast Art Festival, Cocoa Beach, 2010 Award of Merit- Fiber- Fall Festival of the Arts, Deland, 2010 Award of Excellence- Mixed Media- Art Harvest Dunedin 2010 Award of Excellence-Fiber- Fine Art for Ocala, FAFO, 2010 Award of Distinction- Mixed Media- Winter Spring Art Festival, 2010 Judges Choice Award- Fiber, Winter Park Autumn Art Festival, Winter Park 2010, Winter Park

Award of Excellence -Mixed Media, Mayfaire-by-the-Lake, Polk Museum of Art 2010, Lakeland

3rd Place Award - Other Media, Melbourne Art Festival, Melbourne, 2010 Award of Merit 35th Mainsail Art Festival, St. Petersburg, 2010 Award of Excellence 2010, Santa Fe Spring Arts Festival 3D, Gainsville, FL 2010 Best in Show 2010, Lake Wales Art Show 2010, Lake Wales 2010 Merit Award 2010, Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, Winter Park 2010 Best in Show 2010, Naples 31st National Art Festival, Naples 2010 Merit Award 2010 Boca Museum of Art Festival, Boca Raton, 2010 Award of Distinction Images Art Festival-2010, New Smyrna Beach 2010

2009

First Place Award- Fiber Space Coast Art Festival, Cocoa Beach, 2009 Second Place Award-Fiber Disney Festival of the Masters, 2009 Award of Excellence- Dunedin Art Harvest 2009 Judges Selection - Winter Park Autumn Art Festival- 2009 Virginia Beach Boardwalk Festival-2009 Best in Fiber Category Sunshine Artist cover and article - October 2007 Orlando Museum of Art - Permanent collection Polk Museum of Art - Permanent collection Lake Wales Center for the Arts - Permanent collection Ridge Art Center - Permanent collection

Artist Statement

Artist Statement

As a child I was not given many choices. My desire to be an artist started young and was forbidden. I struggled for a long time and to claim my independence I had to fight closed minds, prejudice and end an abusive marriage. At the age of fifty I was finally able to start my new life as an artist. Now I still struggle against some closed minds, but this is what life is about. Now I win more than I lose and smile more than I cry, and I can finally say I am an artist.

Each original design is created free-hand and woven bead to bead, one bead at a time with needle and thread. Each design's materials include glass beads, precious gems, precious metals and found objects and are woven with monofilament for extra strength. The inspiration for each is views of nature and the artist's imagination. Many of the weaves were developed by the artist. All designs are copyright of the artist.

Art Festivals for 2011 and....

2012

Boca Raton Museum Art Show, 1/29-30, www.bocamuseum.org/

Arti Gras Fine Arts Festival 2012, Jupiter 2/18 - 20, www.artigras.org/

Naples National Art Festival, 2/25-2/26, www.naplesart.org/


Lake Wales Art Festival March 24 & 25, www.lakewalesartscouncil.org/