I have had paintings from 2007 (and one very old and wonderful one from 1998) hanging at the Maltex Building, Pine St., Burlington, for several months.

Burlington City Arts has also placed eight pieces of older work at Office Environments in S. Burlington.

The gallery at 215 College always has a notebook of my work for visitors to review. I am scheduled for the 2008 season at 215 beginning April 25. I will be sharing the space with a guest, Sarah Katz of Charlotte - both of us painting big canvases in acrylic paint.

Solo Show
March 30, 2007, was my solo show at 215 College. It was a retrospective of my 25 years in the arts. The title ZERO to SIXTY refers to my milestones as a 60 year old new grandmother of MAX (ergo - zero). The paintings are autobiographic - and I have been able to collect some of my favorite pieces for this show.

I continue to be an annual supporter and participant of Icons and Alters, the December fund raising event of the New Art Center, Newton.

215 College: An Artist's Cooperative
I shared an exhibition at the gallery of 215 College: An Artist's Cooperative. with Jessica Hatheway Scriber. It was a wonderful experience with fresh paintings: landscapes -- a new series :"Ocean at Night". See a review at Sevendaysvt.com

HEALING LEGACIES curated exhibit on Martha’s Vineyard
In June, 2004- Tracy Tyler O’Reilly and I presented an exhibit of art: paintings, video, photography, poetry, textiles – from the collection of Healing Legacy: artwork and writing by women with breast cancer. I had been asked to curate an exhibition from the collection of work in the slide registry of Healing Legacies. It was not only work that had personal meaning to the artists but was also beautifully rendered work. Set in tiny Firehouse Gallery (large enough to hold one fire engine) in Oaks Bluff, Martha’s Vineyard – the space was loaned to Healing Legacies for the duration of the two weeks by a gallery coop member. A highlight of the time there occurred at the opening – attended by several hundred people and fed by many (donated) Vermont products. Tracy and I were interviewed on the local TV station and written up in the newspaper. We felt that we had tremendous impact on our audience; many who wandered in after tennis and stayed for hours - or better – returned with their friends/family. Although Healing Legacies has changed its emphasis to focus more heavily on writing, the message this show told was that any of the arts can be an aid in healing, and – for those of us on the other side of breast cancer – what it is that our friends are experiencing from their side of the disease.

SPORT PAINTING
For the winning 2005 basketball team at UVM, their sportsmanship was seriously tested by participating in my Sport Painting event as part of Burlington City Arts spring auction. Dressed in white tyvek jump suits, they bounced paint-soaked balls onto a 4’ x 5’ canvas – with direction from their coach for the evening (me). There were encouraging shouts from the 200+ crowd that included their “real” coach, Tom Brennan, the evening’s auctioneer, Rich Tarrant and our city mayor, Peter Clavelle. This sport painting event was an early run-through of my own reality game (developed well before current reality shows) to encourage active participation between an audience and painters – working with direction on a single canvas. Auctioned off in a frenzy of competition, the resulting painting is now on view at the Shelburne Athletic Club, Shelburne, VT.

BABY NEWPHEWS AND LEAH PROJECT (October 05-April 06)
I have five nephews and one niece and between them, they have eight sons and one daughter. This project included these “babies” from 2.6 years to 14 years of age. I wanted to create an art piece in which they could all participate with me: this became my “babies” project. I sent each child a watercolor box, a good brush, 3 pieces of good watercolor paper and a fine-line black ink pen. I asked each child to draw (make marks) on the papers and also paint over the lines. They sent these to me – where I photocopied them and painted over their work (or added lines and color). I then photocopied the end results. Some had many iterations – others had very few. I put all the work into a bound book, with the pictures, names and birthdays of everyone. Since there were families from my side and my husband’s side, they were introduced to each other by this book. Now, they will also know me from the collaborative work done and published. To get good paint brushes into the hands of little people is not common. To have an art project outside of school, with a ‘real’ artist, and aunt is a treat on all sides. Each child has a copy of the final book. I have encouraged them to continue coloring in these.

215 COLLEGE ST. ARTISTS’ COOPERATIVE
In the fall of 2005, I was asked to join a new artists’ cooperative gallery in Burlington. The space was rough (an artist’s old studio) and was in need of new walls, re-finished floors, and track lighting. I took this design project on and acted as general contractor for the developing group so that when we opened on April 7, 2006 we were very well received for both the art and the space itself. For the rest of 2006, the group shows will be doubles, and next year, we’ll each have single exhibits. Look for my double (with Jessica Scriver) opening Oct. 27, 2006.