Bio.

Surrounded by women all my life who were always making something, seemingly out of nothing

sparked my creative spirit. I majored in art in high school and went on to graduate from Rhode Island School of Design. Although I no longer work in my field of study, each day and every project is influenced by the education I received. My career path and life have twisted this way and that, each turn presenting an opportunity to learn something new. Now that I am settled in the wonderful village of Annisquam on a special property that use to be an herb farm I am able to let my imagination run creatively wild. Again I am surrounded by a group of women who are creative and giving of their talents. 

 

The garden is a place of refuge as well as production--the New England work ethic has kept most of the gardens filled with fruits and vegetables with a nod to the Norton sisters, members of the Folly Cove Designers, who grew herbs and many medicinal plants for their mail order business. There are days when I feel their presence here in this special place. My small workroom is piled high with supplies for future projects! -- dried plant materials, containers, papers, books, watercolors, fabrics and, of course, yarn.

As a self-employed designer, I have the freedom to take on a wide range of projects. Another avenue that has opened to me is designing book covers, many for cookbooks but a growing number for authors sharing their thoughts in the new world of self-publishing. Designing greeting cards is also an interest of mine. Being unable to find cards that express my thoughts has led me to create a series of blank notecards that are available at the Annisquam Exchange.
 

More important than all of this is the wish to help women find an avenue to fulfill their desires to share their talents with others. As a member of the Annisquam Sewing Circle I receive and give support to a caring group of women. We hold monthly meeting where we exchange information, enjoy the fellowship of this group and plan our annual fundraising activities. At the end of our year we donate the proceeds to our Cape Ann nonprofit organizations that care for the residents needing a leg up in time of difficulty.

I fear I will run out of time before I run out of projects!