She has broad interests in art but focuses upon pastels and oils and, more recently, etching. (And she is still getting used to calling pastels “pass-TELLS” after years abroad using the British/Australian “PASS-tells” pronunciation.)  

A specialist and professor of public administration/public policy she has a B.A. from Oakland University; an M.A. from Pennsylvania State University; and a Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University.  She retired from academe and took up art full-time in 1997.  In Australia she was fortunate to have received art instruction from a variety of internationally recognized artists such as: Ted  Berry, Judith Cowell, Colina Grant, Solveg Larsen, Vivien Walter, Grace Paleg, Serafina Martin,  and Robert Wilson.

Awards at juried shows include:  the Peoples Choice Best of Show, Mid-North Coast Arts Council Exhibition 2001 (Australia);  Commended, Nambucca Valley Arts Council Exhibition 2003 (Australia);  First Prize, Scotts Head Reserve Trust 2003 (Australia); Finalist in Images 2003 at The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, 2003;  Special Award, The Coffs Harbour Show Society 2004 (Australia); Highly Commended, The New England Art Society/Forsyths Art Exhibition 2004 (Australia); First Prize, The Urunga Fine Arts Exhibition 2006 (Australia); and First Prize, The Bellingen Show Art Exhibition 2006 (Australia).

She is a member of the Creative Artists Guild, the Dunedin Fine Arts Center, the Nambucca Valley Arts Council (Australia), and the Tarpon Springs Arts Association.