Studio life has unfolded over several locations over the years, sometimes at “home”, sometimes in a rented darkroom, but most importantly, at three distinctive locations in New York City, with each one providing transformative quiet, creative time to work.

Tribeca, New York City, c. 1986-1996
After finishing graduate school, the artist relocated in June 1983 from Washington, D.C. to New York City and had an opportunity to rent a studio on Lower Broadway, at 368 Broadway. It was here that her work took on a new look as she began to work with a monochromatic palette, primarily within the landscape tradition. It was not long before she began to explore a “shaped” canvas format, referencing items from the home, or wardrobe. The artist began to exhibit this work and was also awarded three residencies at MacDowell in 1985, 1987, and 1992, where she was able to continue with these themes.

Sunset Park, Brooklyn, c. 2013-2021
As the artist was exploring “shaped” works, many of which were garments constructed from canvas, or tulle fabric, she also began to explore motion, e.g. short films featuring a figure clothed in some of these garments. She continued to exhibit her work and win awards, and then a pivotal moment came when the artist moved away from painting almost entirely and towards film photography, which soon became central to her creative practice. Another wonderful opportunity presented itself, when she was made aware of a new studio community in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and this became the site of enormous output and creativity, when she began a series of “figures in motion” and when the artist began to feel she was “painting with her camera”.

Garment District, New York City, 2022-present
More recently, the artist discovered yet another excellent studio community, in midtown Manhattan, in the Garment District, where she now works with all of the media she has explored over the years: painting, photography, video, and garment construction, all of which come into play as she aims to control every aspect of the composition, e.g. the color, shape, light, and naturally, the outcome, the narrative. Over the years, recurring themes of circus, procession, theatre, and performance as seen over and over, some related to childhood experiences, some related to current affairs, with all of it related to vision itself, how we see, subject-wise and presentation-wise.