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Education
After graduating from high school, I went to Mass
College of Art where I was a student during the early studio
glass movement in US. The first glassblowing studio was
built at Mass Art in the early 70’s under the direction of Dan
Dailey, with whom I studied until my graduation with a BFA
from the glass department in 1976. I also spent a
summer at The Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, WA, which was
founded in the early 70’s in part by renowned glass artist,
Dale Chihuly. Dale, along with Fritz Driesbach &
Marvin Lipofsky were the instructors for the summer
session.
In the mid, 70’s I also studied laboratory glassblowing
at MIT and worked as a laboratory glassblower for a short
while in the late 70’s.
In the early 80’s, I became an apprentice to flat glass
artist, Mara Janelle where we completed many private
commissions and projects, one of the most notable being the
architectural installation at the Waltham Hospital Chapel in
Waltham, MA. I also did contract work for Lyn Hovey
Studio while working with Mara, and completed several small
commissions of my own.
I took a hiatus from glass
in the late 80’s, and in the early 90’s, I channeled my
artistic energy towards watercolor and studied with various
artists in the New England region, as well as nationally known
artists, Don Andrews and Charles Reid. I have won a
number of local and regional awards for watercolor, and have
been accepted to several juried shows, most notably, the
student show at the DeCordova Museum.
My
reawakening to glass as an artistic medium came in the fall of
2002, when I took a slumping and fusing class at The Worcester
Center for Crafts with glass artist, Beth Lipman. I was
hooked again! I have since taken enameling on glass with
Jane D’Arensbourg, and have studied beadmaking with Liliana
Cirstea Glenn and Jennifer Geldard. I have also
completed classes in hollow form flameworking with Sally
Prasch and Jake Vincent. I have also taken
workshops with Wesley Fleming and Michael Barley.
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