About the Artist

  I've been interested in photography since I was a kid.  When I was 10 or 11, I begged for (and received for my birthday) my first camera - a Kodak Pocket Instamatic.  I've been clicking away ever since.    
  
  In March 2007, I finally listened to friends and family who suggested that I try to sell some of my photographs.  Whatever happens with that, I'll always be fascinated with seeing the world through a lens and working with digital photo art.  

I earned a B.A. in Advertising, School of Journalism, from Pennsylvania State University with a concentration in creative writing in 1984, and I earned a M.Ed. in Reading Education from North Carolina State University in 2002.

In my 'real' job, I'm a reading specialist and reading resource teacher living in North Carolina with my two great kids and my two great dogs.  I'm also a member of the Sappony tribe.


                                                 Awards, Honors & Publications

Summer 2008.  I am honored to have had my piece, Red Medallion, chosen as one of the cover art pieces for the most recent brochure from the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs:

 


   Red Lily Waterpaint
   2nd Place, Digital Photography, Art Fest,
   Art Guild of Person County, May 2008
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    Feather Shield Medallion
   Honorable Mention, United Tribes Juried Art Show, March 2008
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    Autumn Path
   Presented as Lifetime Achievement     
   Award to NC Rep. Ronnie Sutton by
   United Tribes of North Carolina,
   March 2008
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Quilting Bee Photograph, published in the Tar Heel Junior Historian, produced by the North Carolina Museum of History, Fall 2007 issue, photo credit, p.8.



     

 Strawberry Swirl
 Person County Art Guild Directory Design Contest Cover Winner,
 October, 2007.
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 Foggy Oceanic View 
 First Place, ArtFest 07,
 sponsored by the Art Guild of Person County 
 and the Kirby Art Gallery. 
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 National Museum of the American Indian
 First Place, Black & White, 2006,  annual photography  contest, 
 sponsored by Person County Arts, Parks & Recreation Department.
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 Currently Showing

A selection of pieces are currently showing at the Kirby Gallery in Roxboro, NC as part of the Sappony Art Exhibit in celebration of American Indian Heritage Month.  November, 2008.
                                                                           
                                                                            
                                                             Previous Shows

Hot! Hot! Hot!   Kirby Gallery, Roxboro, NC   8/8/08 - 8/29/08. 


Indigenous by Design   Guilford Native American Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
12/1/07 - 2/28/08     


                                                     
                                                     Portfolios

My Oyster - portfolio 1 - a sampling of my work, with quotes.  My Oyster, as in "The world is . . . "


                                                     
                                                                   
                                                                     About the Photography    

Most of the early images on this site were taken with a Konica-Minolta Maxxum 5D digital SLR camera.  Later images were taken with a Nikon D300 digital SLR.  Most images were hand held. 

This site is my main showcase for my artwork. When you click on the 'purchase info' links below each piece, you will be linked to my Shutterfly site.  Shutterfly takes care of orders, payments, shipping, handling and customer service.  In setting up my Shutterfly 'storefront' site, I have ordered a number of products as quality checks to ensure that my customers get top quality.    
                        
I use a variety of photo editing software, with the main one being Corel's Paint Shop Pro XI.  I also use Adobe, Picasa2, Jasc's Paint Shop Photo Album, and Shutterfly's free software.

This is all very much a learning process for me - an extremely enjoyable learning process! - as I am still new to all of this.  I just go where the art takes me.

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