I have roamed the shores of the Maine coast since the early 1950's, when I came to visit my grandmother on Mount Desert Island. With my sisters and father, we climbed the mountains, swam every morning in the sea, and sailed only when it was windy. From there my visual world was formed which I have shared through teaching, raising children, and the making of art. I relish intuition, cherish spontaneity, and strive for beauty. My artistic roots are grounded in abstract expressionism with Kandinsky, Twombly, and Dine. I love color with all its complexities and the evidence of stroke by an emotional hand.

 

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EDUCATION
Columbia University, M.F.A.
Pacific Northwest College of Art, B.F.A. Colorado College, B.A.

GRANTS - AWARDS
Individual Artist Grant, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, NEA
Charles Voorhies Memorial Drawing Award, Pcific Northwest College of Art
Wilson and Johnson Scholarship; Portland Art Museum Women's Council Award

EXHIBITIONS (selected)
Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, Maine 2009
Moss Gallery, Northeast Harbor, Maine 2008
Houston North Gallery, Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada 2003, 2005
Studio 45, Brooklyn, NY 2004
Water Street Gallery, Seamen's Church Institute, New York, NY 2001
Treasure Room Gallery, The Interchurch Center, New York, NY 1997
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT 1996
Showcase Gallery, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Hartford, CT 1994
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, Ct 1993
Jameson / Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR 1993
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT 1990
Hilles Gallery, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT 1988
The Small Space, Greater New Haven Arts Council, New Haven, CT 1986
Guistina Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 1983
North View Gallery, Portland Community College, Portland, OR 1982

JURIED - INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS (selected)
"Never Routine: Women in the Course of Their Daily Lives", Grace Institute, NY, NY 2008
"Points of View", Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2007
Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME 2006
Handworks Gallery, Blue Hill, ME 2006
"Landscapes and beyond", MF Adams Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2005
"25th Anniversary BWAC Preview Exhibition", Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn, NY 2005
"P ainters, M usicians and S culptors", Brooklyn College of Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2004
"Nature Hanging by a Thread", Queens Theater in the Park, Queens, NY 2003
"Freudian Circus", Brooklyn College Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2002
"DUMBO 3", GAle GAtes et al., Brooklyn, NY 1998
"Inspiring Sensitivity", The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT 1995
"GLSP Faculty Exhibition", Zilka Gallery,
    Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 1994, 1995, 1997
"Recent Works", Hilles Gallery, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT 1993,1994
Art for Artspace Invitational, Artspace, New Haven, CT 1994
"New Work, New Haven", Artspace, New Haven, CT 1992 Juror: Charlotta Kotik, Curator
Small Works Invitational, Artspace, New Haven, CT 1991, 1992
Invitational Exhibition, Vangarde Gallery, New London, CT 1990
"New Work, New Haven", Artspace, New Haven, CT 1987
Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1978, 1981

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Kaiser Permanente Foundation
Orbanco Financial Services Corporation
Philip Morris Corporation State of Washington - Light Works Collection

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS List available upon request

BIBLIOGRAPHY - REVIEWS
Journal of American Pharmacists Association: Nov/Dec 2001, vol. 41, No. 6
St. Ann's Review, A Journal of Contemporary Arts and Letters :
    Winter/Spring 2002, Vol. 3,No. 1
Investing In Dreams , Connecticut Commission on the Arts
    Statewide Museum Collaboration, 1995
New Haven Register: "Grant Keeps Local Artists' Dreams Alive",
    by Lynn Post November 7, 1993
New Haven Register: "Erector Square Artists Prove Abstract Worlds Yield Concrete Results",
    by Judy Birke October 17, 1993
Oregonian: "Critic's Choice", by Joel Weinstein May 21, 1993
New Haven Register: "One-Woman Show: Huge Canvases with Heavy Spirit",
    by Maxine Olderman April 15, 1990
New Haven Register: "Barnes' Art Speaks Both Control and Power",
    by Shirley Gonzales, October 9, 1988
Willamette Week: "Another Opinion", by Alfred E. Hammer March 30-15, 1982
Willamette Week: "Around the Galleries", by Paul Sutinen March 9 -15, 1982

TEACHING PROFESSION
College of the Atlantic, Bar harbor, ME Sound and Sight, 2007
LandEscapes, Mount Desert Island, ME Expressive Drawing 2006
Saint Ann's School, Brooklyn, NY; Faculty 1997 - 2005
Wesleyan University, Graduate Liberal Studies Program, Middletown, CT;
    Visiting Faculty 1992, 1994 - 2003; Thesis Advisor 1994 - 2004
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT; Faculty 1986 - 1995
    Department Head, Drawing and Painting 1989 - 1993
Connecticut Prison Association, Correctional Art Program, Hartford, CT
    Artist in Residence 1991 - 1993
North Branford Intermediate School - ACES Program, North Branford, CT;
    Visiting Faculty 1991
Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR; Faculty 1981 - 1983
    Department Head, Drawing and Design 1981 - 1983

COMMUNITY SERVICE
Volunteers of Hancock County Jail, ME; Art exhibition Coordinator 2007
College of the Atlantic, ME; Community member, trustee arts committee 2007
Brooklyn Working Artist's Coalition , NY; Board of Directors 2000 -2004; Treas. 2003-04;
    Pier Show, chair 2001, 2002
South Street Seaport Museum, NY; Benefit co-chair 2003, 2004