I am the author of ‘Fabric Surface Design’ — a comprehensive book of over 80 surface design techniques for applying imagery to cloth using textile paints and other "kitchen friendly" media.
I received my training as a painter at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. After graduation I made my living as a custom clothier while pursuing my own work as a mixed-media collage artist.
I have worked as an elementary and middle school art teacher, workshop instructor and facilitator for adults, interior designer, freelance writer and as a weekly columnist for a daily newspaper. Both my fine and wearable art have been exhibited in shops and galleries throughout the United States.
I now exclusively create art quilts - wall hung, fine art textile pieces. My most recent body of work is about dementia and the eight years I spent caring for my late husband who had Parkinson’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease dementia. The first five of those eight years I also cared for my mother who had Alzheimer’s.
I live and work in the woods of western Massachusetts with my collie Honeycomb by my side - sharing the magical woodland space with an assortment of wild animals that pass through every night. I have three amazing grown sons.