I am a full-time fiber artist working in a studio in Washington DC. My work is included in the collection of the Renwick Gallery,International Monetary Fund, Braintree District Museum (England),Kaiser Permanente and DC Art Bank. A recipient of 2001 and 2012 Individual Artist Awards from the Maryland State Arts Council and a 2010 Creative Projects grant from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (MD), I received several awards in juried exhibits in 2007-2011. I have exhibited widely in solo and group exhibits,nationally and in Europe and Japan. My work has been published in Quilting Art by Spike Gillespie, 500 Art Quilts, Surface Design, American Craft,Embroidery, Quilt Art by Kate Lenkowsky, The Art Quilt by Robert Shaw , and Fiberarts Design Books 2-7.