Selected Workshops and Formal Education 1985-2014:

PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY, Plymouth, NH
Advanced Printmaking with K. Ritchie, Introduction to Digital Photography with J. Anderson, Applied Environmental GIS with J. Turley of Squam Lakes Association, and audited limnology and environmental chemistry. Spring 2013-Fall 2014
Egg Tempera Painting Workshop with J. Jacobsmeyer (audit). Summer 2003
Laboratory Safety, Organic Chemistry I, Introduction to Printmaking, Lithography Independent Study in Printmaking, Painting III with T. Driscoll. Fall 1998- Fall 1999

KEENE STATE COLLEGE, Keene, NH (NH coast, and Hopkinton, NH)
Watershed Ecology Institute (WEI) Workshop Student; Graduate credit through Keene State College
Ecology and GIS class on ways to integrate ecology with GIS and the use of community data, into classroom curricula and teaching.  Learned some new ArcGIS desktop skills and reinforced skills already learned.  Exposed to arcGIS online. This workshop had a 14 person team of Ecology and GIS Instructors, such as from the NH Fish and Game Dept.. UNH Cooperative Extension, and local high-schools. July 19-July 26, 2013
MICHAEL PRICE, FIGURATIVE ARTIST Brooklyn, NY:
Workshop Student. Attended The Contemporary Relevance of the Renaissance Palette; workshop with Michael Price on the preparation and application of natural and mineral pigments. 4/23 –4/24,2007, 6/14/07. Back to Basics Painting Technique; one day crash course workshop, 5/2010.
PITTSBURGH GLASS Pittsburgh, PA:
Workshop Student. Honeycomb Molds, intensive workshop with Helen Stokes. Scholarship Recipient. Carved wax models for lost wax casting in glass. Constructed layered molds following the method developed by Helen Stokes. 5/28 – 6/2/2007.
PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY Plymouth, NH: Egg Tempera Painting Workshop with J. Jacobsmeyer (audit). Summer 2003. Painting III (Figure Painting) with Tom Driscoll, Organic Chemistry I. 9/98-12/99.

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF DESIGN (formerly the GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS) Philadelphia, PA.
Graduate Student, Department of Landscape Architecture with coursework in Architecture (summer prep studio and first year technology sequence, including Construction I and II with Lindsay Falk). Landscape Architecture studios with James Corner, Robert M. Hanna, and Catherine Gleason. Ecological Planning Studio with Ian McHarg (member of 6 person team; responsible for team’s computer analysis using the GIS raster-based Mapbox program studied with Dana Tomlin). Sculpture independent study with N. Vidnovic. 9/92-5/94.

WELLESLEY COLLEGE Wellesley, MA
B.A. in French, June 1990. Durant Scholar-magna cum laude. Spring 1990 Juried Student Art Show (oil painting). Painting I with Bunny Harvey (spring1990). Tutor for the Department of French. 9/86-6/1990.
UNIVERSITÉ D’AIX-MARSEILLE Aix-en-Provence, France. Wellesley-in-Aix program Junior year abroad (6 weeks in Paris, 8 months in Aix-en-Provence). Member of the Association des Excursionnistes Provençaux hiking group. Member Club Photo de Cuques. Arts pour non-spécialistes, a class about making art using themes such as “base and summit” for inspiration. 9/88-6/89.
JYVÄSKYLÄN LYSEO Jyväskylä, Finland: International Rotary Exchange Student. Experienced how art and design are an inseparable part of our daily rituals and of our culture. 8/85-8/86.

Selected Work, Volunteer, and Entrepreneurial Experience:

AND FAUNA LLC; FENCREST STUDIO; Holderness, NH
ARTIST ( and ART STUDENT)
Study art forms and techniques chosen to realize the creation of 2 and 3 dimensional works (as begun in thought). Conduct independent study, and attend workshops, classes, conferences and lectures, in art, science, and design.  2002-present
MICHAEL PRICE, ARTIST AND AUTHOR New York, NY
STUDENT VOLUNTEER AND EDITORIAL ASSISTANT. Assist editing the manuscript "Renaissance Mysteries, Volume I, Natural Colour and Volume II, Proportion and Composition", to be published by the artist. Read the manuscript at different stages to edit for clarity of content (for a cross-disciplinary audience having various levels of painting, art, and design experience). Researched for clarification and breadth of accuracy. In-depth researching of specific manuscript topics, such as the history of perspective drawing.1/22/2012-6/2012.
SNIFFEN RESIDENCE Holderness, NH
OWNER'S AGENT AND DESIGNER. Collaborated with Christopher P. Williams, Architect of Meredith, NH in Siting and Designing residence (I worked almost exclusively in sketches; the architect made all construction documents). Collaborated with site contractor/landscape designer as well as architects to plan landscape. Collaborated with mason, and architects, in masonry design. Revised window schedule and window design with manufacturer’s representative to accommodate window products.  Determined fixtures, finishes, and door schedule with owners, product companies, subcontractors, builder, and architect.  Designed lathe turned balusters and newl post for staircase, cabinetry, tile patterns, and color schemes, custom doors, in collaboration with manufacturer representatives and designers. 1997-present.

BARRETT RESIDENCE Holderness, NH
MURAL PAINTER. Volunteer. Designed and painted Early Jurassic mural for children’s room in Habitat for Humanity home (acrylic on drywall. 5’x10’). This experience, important to my education as an artist, required me to envision and paint, rather than to primarily see and paint. Summer 2005.
L.W. PACKARD & CO., INC. Ashland, NH
MANUFACTURING ASSISTANT in a vertical woolen mill producing woolen, cashmere, camel hair, and other precious fiber fabrics for the apparel industry. Performed fabric analysis. Coordinated the writing of five training manuals with machine operators, department managers, and upper management. Wrote a manual supplement on weaving and a supplement on napping cloth. 10/97-5/98.

Other related workshops and classes: ALEXANDRA HADIK STUDIO: Chester, NH. Gilding Class (The Basics of Gilding) (A. Hadik), 2/2-2/3/08. The Yeoman's_Fund for the Arts: Tamworth, NH, Painting with Michael Doyle (M. Doyle), 1 week, 7/07-8/2007. Urban Glass: Brooklyn, NY, Pâte de Verre (V. Griswold), 6/15-6/17/07.ESPACE VERRE Montréal, Québec: Thermoformage I and glass painting (É. Marier),3/23/07-3/25/07. E. Robbins Studio: Lyndonville, VT, an introduction to glass painting 1/07-2/07. New Hampshire Institute of Art: Manchester, NH, Hand Carving (Antoinette P. Schultze), Spring 2007. The Old Master Approach to Portrait Painting (P. Clive), Fall 2006, Encaustic Painting Workshop (T. Spadafora), Summer 2004, Intro to Renaissance Painting (P. Dixon), Summer 2003.

 

I have learned, and continue to learn much also outside the classroom and workshop, from family and friends, and from public lectures on design and art. The works (art, design, and writings) of artists and designers are great resources, and can span both geographical and time barriers. Art purveyors and their technical departments have been very generous with their ideas. And then there is the advice found under the sky, in the landscape, if one takes the time as O'Keeffe said to see.:"Nobody sees a flower, really- it is so small- we haven't time, and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time" (O'Keeffe: source was from a clipped magazine article, many years ago).