BORN:
Bienne, Switzerland . I moved to the United States in 1970

EDUCATION:
University of Berne, Switzerland.
SUNY Albany, NY

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS - SOLO SHOWS:
2008 Deborah Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY “All about Food”
2007 Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY "Pears and Queens"
2007 Dietel Gallery, Troy, NY "Daydreams and Obsessions"
2006 Proctor's Guild Room, State St. Schenectady, NY
2003 Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY “All About Food”
2001 Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY
1998 LULU Gallery, Albany, NY Albany Academy For Girls,Albany, NY
“Pear Journal” Works on Paper
1996 Center Galleries, Albany, NY
deHavilland Gallery, Boston, MA
1992 Laighton Galleries, Schenectady, NY

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:
I started Exhibiting my work in 1989. To date I participated in many regional juried and invitational shows a years. Among others are in the North East:
Schenectady museum, NY
Albany Center Galleries
Albany Institute of History & Art,
Cooperstown Annual Exhibit National Art Exhibit
Copley Gallery, Boston. Ma
Dietel Gallery, Troy, NY
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, NY
Greenhut Gallery. Albany, NY
DeHavilland Gallery, Boston, Ma
‘Mark Gruber Gallery, New Paltz, NY
SUNY Art Museum, Albany, NY
Carrie Haddad, Hudson, NY
Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Proctor’s Fennimore Gallery, Schenectady, NY
Gallery 100, Saratoga Springs, NY
Firlefanz Gallery, Albany, NY
Arts Center Westport, Ct
Beaux Arts Gallery , Woodbury, CT
Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester Vt
Kotinski Gallery, Pompton Lakes, NJ
In 1999 I started showing in New York City, first at Gallery 84 then at the Phoenix Gallery where I continue exhibiting. In 2006 I also joined the Hughes Gallery in Boca Grande, Florida
OTHER:
2000 MetroNorth poster campaign for PaintingsDirect.com
MAXRACKS nationwide card campaign for
PaintingsDirect.com
Art Calendar, Centerfold winner (June 2000)
ARTIST RESIDENCY: 1993 Berkshire Center for Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA
BOOKS: “A PEAR A DAY” (One year of drawings on my blog) and TREES a photo essay.
My work is part of several private and corporate collections in the USA, Switzerland and HongKong.

Even as a child,I knew that I wanted to capture or create images. But as in many families of my generation, becoming an artist was not an option. Even my interest in graphic design - a venerable career in my native Switzerland- was not considered. I was also intimidated by some of my art teachers who wanted me to fit into the dry, abstract minimalism movement that was “in vogue” then. So I pursued some other occupations but they always lead me back to the arts. I picked up photography, a medium that allowed me to capture images but that was before the digital revolution. Very quickly this became too limiting for me and after working with collage for a while, I finally started painting and have not stopped since.
I am looking for strong images and find them through my relationships and family. The imagery in my present work deals with

THE PEAR, THE CONE FLOWER AND THE FEMALE FIGURE.

I paint their beauty without controversy, focusing on form and organic qualities. These images never fail to fascinate me. In my narrative paintings I use these images again to relate events that have affected me.
Oil on canvas is the medium I use for most of my work. But gouache on paper also gives me a chance to explore ideas quickly, simply and with wonderful rich colors.

I live and work in Guilderland, NY. I am married to Peter McHugh and we have two grown children who no longer live at home. We have a dog, Maddie.