I became captivated by the visual richness of quilts about 15 years ago. I soon became aware of the self expressive potential of the medium. There followed workshops, courses and mentoring with quilt and other artists with whom I studied color, techniques and design. Since my early retirement from a career in the public schools, I have been able to devote myself more fully to developing a body of work. I belong to a crit group which meets once a month to share info and encouragement. We call ourselves, "New Wrinkle".

I am an avid quilter who is continually experimenting with surface materials and design. I love color, texture, and the tactile quality of textiles, and at present am hand dyeing, painting and stamping many of my fabrics, which I often then combine with commercial prints. My work is continuously evolving. It draws much of its inspiration from the shapes and colors found in nature and travel and also from the patterns and rhythms inherent in the juxtaposition of color and texture in the fabrics I choose to complete each piece.

“Art in Fiber”, University Place, Cambridge Art Center, MA April 2008
“Lowell Inside/Out”, New England Quilt Museum, Nov/Jan 2007-2008
“Unbound”, SAQA NE Regional travelling exhibit, 2007
“Elemental: Contemporary Quilted Art Exhibit”, Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA, March/April 2007
Grand Opening at Watertown Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA Sept/Oct 2005
“Art quilts at the Whistler II”, Whistler House Museum, Lowell, MA Au./Sept 2004
“Tactile Architecture”, Houston, Texas 2003 - 2004
“Changing Seasons”, M/ Media, Hess Gallery, Pine Manor College, Brookline, MA 2003
“January Thaw”, “Meditations”, “Conversations in Cloth”, The Center for the Arts Natick, MA 2002, 2003, 2005
“The Art Gallery at Springhouse, Jamaica Plain, MA 2002, 2003
New England “Images” at the Lowell Quilt Festival, Lowell, MA 2000, 2002, 2008
“Quilts at the Crossroad”, Greater Flint Art Council, Flint, Michigan 1999
Quilting by the Lake, Morrisville College, NY 1998, 1999
“Beyond the Tradition, Art Quilts,” Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Gallery, MA 1998
“The Art of Quilting”, the Mall at Chestnut Hill, MA 1997
The “Gathering”, at Westfield, MA, 1994, 1995

“Quilts Crossing Borders”, Kniznick Gallery, Brandeis Univ, Waltham, MA 2007
“Layers and Milestones”, Thompson Library, North Grosvenordale, CT 2006
“Recent Works by New Wrinkle”, Wellesley Free Library, Wellesley, MA 2005
“Fabric Harmonies”, Dana Hall Gallery, Dana Hall School, Wellesley, MA 2005
“Messages in Threads”, Wellesley Free Library, Wellesley, MA, October 2004
"Inspired Stitches", Newton Main Library, Newton, MA. June 2004
"Image and Essence", Landau Gallery, Belmont Hill School, Belmont, MA 2004