Sculpture
A Bit About Me
I find inspiration for my sculpture in the wildlife and cultures of the high desert of Arizona and in ancient folklore and magic. I never really know entirely what will happen when I begin a piece. It is something of a negotiation with ideas, materials, and chance. It grows into what it wants to be. The inspiration for an idea may come from any number of directions. It could come through reading, poetry, a dream, or simply stimulated by the dialogue presented by a previous work. It’s important to be present, open to any stimulus.
I often incorporate found objects in my work. Sometimes they are the beginning of an idea, sometimes they find their way into a work during the process. I am drawn to interesting associations - the animal characters in my work are frequently metaphors for human thought and behavior and often become humorous or whimsical.
Each idea is a challenge to be met - a struggle to bring an incomplete and intangible thought process to a visible form that satisfies my mind, and at the time, meets my expectations as a form of communication with others.
In the end, it’s all about the making. It’s wonderful if a piece connects with others but if not, I’d do it anyway. However, it is with a sense of wonder and pleasure that I realize my work finds homes with people that I may never meet, who will live intimately and connect with, some part of the thought and process I experienced while creating each piece.
Current Exhibitions
2026
Sigler Western Museum
Wickenburg, Arizona
March 28 - May, 25 2025
"June Bloom", Purchased for the Sigler Family
Private Collection.
The Crow Show, Studio Door Gallery, San Diego, CA "I Am Raven", Raven Necklace
Sedona Arts Center Friends Exhibition,
Faces of Friendship Exhibition
"Bonderai", "Make Time 4 Friends" (necklace)
American Women Artists, Customs House Gallery
February 13 - April 26 2026
“Cursor’s Holiday” Award of Merit
American Women Artists Online Show
March 31, 2026 - March 31,2027
“Mouse House” Award of Merit
NAWA 137th Anniversary Annual Exhibition
June 5 - June 17, 2026
Leonovich Gallery, New York, NY
"Standing Room Only",
Bobbi Mastrangelo Environmental Art Award
NAWA Summer Smalls Works Exhibition
July 1 - July 31, 2026
Online at thenawa.org
"No Cuckoos Here"
NAWA Second Place Award
WAOW 56th Annual National Exhibition "Limitless"
"Surprised by Joy", "Songs of Ancient Wisdom"
October 9 – November 6, 2026
The Centerpiece Gallery
7400 Six Forks Road, Suite 19
Raleigh, North Carolina 27615
"Wildlife in Art" Exhibition
Monument Arts and Cultural Center
44 Gypsy Lane, Bennington, VT 05201
"Bearback Riders", "Mouse House"
August 7 – December 31, 2026
SEDONA ARTS CENTER "FREEDOM"Exhibition
July 3- August 16, 2026
"Troubled Waters"
Second Place Award
Affiliations
Signature Member
Signature Member
Signature with Distinction Member
National Association of Women Artists
Signature Member
Galleries
Van Gogh's Ear Gallery
Montezuma Street
Prescott, AZ 86301
928.776.1080
McBride Gallery
215 Main Street
Annapolis ,MD 21401
410. 267. 7077
Sedona Arts Center
15 Art Barn Rd
Sedona, AZ 86336
928.282.3809
Enchantment Gallery
Enchantment Resort
525 Boyton Canyon Road
Sedona, AZ 86336
928.282.2900
K Newby Gallery
15 Tubac Rd,
Tubac, AZ 85646
520.398.9662
Caravana Jewelry Gallery
Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts Village,
Sedona, AZ 86339
928-282-3370
Exhibitions and Awards
2026
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CowgirlUp Exhibition, Desert Caballeros Museum
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Sedona Arts Center Friends Exhibition, Faces of Friendship
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American Women Artists, Customs House Gallery, Award of Merit
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American Women Artists Online Show, Award of Merit
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NAWA 137th Anniversary Annual Exhibition - Bobbi Mastrangelo Environmental Art Award
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NAWA Summer Small Works, Second Place award
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Freedom Exhibition, Sedona Arts Center, Second Place Award
2025
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Members Exhibition - Best in Show - Sedona Arts Center
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CowgirlUp Exhibition, Desert Caballeros Museum
2024
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Women Artists of the West, 54st Annual Exhibitio
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Phippen Museum of Western Art
Margaret Drake Award of Excellence in Sculpture,
First Place Award- Arc of Life
Dreamscape
National Sculpture Society, South Carolina, Indiana
Cowgirl Up Exhibition, Desert Museum, Wickenburg, AZ
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American Women Artists Exhibition, Loveland, CO
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The Crow Show, Studio Door Gallery, San Diego, CA
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The WAOC Invitational Exhibition, Woolaroc Museum, OK
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Del Mar College, Small Works Exhibition, TX
2023
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Women Artists of the West, 53st Annual Exhibition
Carriage House Gallery, Newton, KS
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Cowgirl Up Exhibition, Desert Museum, Wickenburg, AZ
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American Women Artists Exhibition, Brookgreen Gardens, SC
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The Crow Show, Studio Door Gallery, San Diego, CA
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Cherry Award for Creativity - Signature
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American Art Collector Award of Excellence, "Neither Fish Nor Fowl"
Women Artists of the West, 52st Annual Exhibition McBride Gallery,
Annapolis, MD.
Cowgirl Up Exhibition, Desert Museum, Wickenburg, AZ
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American Women Artists Exhibition, Customs House, TN
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The Crow Show, Studio Door Gallery, San Diego, CA
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41st Cheyenne Western Spirit Show, Cheyenne, WY
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Breckinridge Fine Arts Center Juried Show, Breckinridge, TX
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O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
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Laguna Arts Center, Politics Show, Laguna, CA
2021
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Third Prize, 3D, "Wilbur and Orville"
Women Artists of the West, 51st Annual Exhibition
Museum of Western Art, Kerrville, TX.
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1st Prize, "Ship of State"
D'Art Center For The Arts, Norfolk VA
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Cowgirl Up Exhibition, Desert Museum, Wickenburg, AZ
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American Women Artists "Lifting up the Sky" Exhibition
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4oth Cheyenne Western Spirit Show, Cheyenne, WY
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Sedona Arts Center Family Exhibition and "Souls of Forgotten
Objects" Exhibition
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Toronto International "Pets" Exhibition
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Gallerium.Art International Exhibition
2020
Creativity Award, "Birds of a Feather" Permanent Collection
Sedona Arts Center Member's Exhibition, Sedona, AZ
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First Prize, 3D "Ship of State, II"
Women Artists of the West, 50th Anniversary Exhibition
Settler's West Gallery, Tucson, AZ
First Prize, 3D "Ship of State, II"
Cowgirl Up Exhibition, Desert Museum, Wickenburg, AZ
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American Women Artists Exhibition, Spring Online Show
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American Women Artists, Booth Museum of Western Art, Cartersville, GA
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39th Cheyenne Western Spirit Show, Wind River Exhibition, Dubois, WY
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Vanessa Lacy 3rd Annual Small Works Exhibition, Kansas City, MO
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Sedona Arts Center, Magic and Dreams Show
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Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum of Art, Wausau, WI
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Artists in Arizona, Summer Online Show
2019
The Crow Show, The Studio Door Gallery, San Diego, CA
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American Women Artists 49th Annual Exhibition, Steamboat Springs, CO.
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Women Artists of the West 48th Annual Exhibition, Boulder, CO
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Cowgirl Up Invitational Exhibition, Wickenburg, AZ
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Sedona Arts Center Featured Artist Exhibition, Sedona, AZ
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Women Artists of the West, Spring Online Show
2018
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Purchase Prize, "Forest Spirits, II" Varum Ultimum Gallery, Portland OR,
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Award of Merit, "Chorus Line" American Women Artists Juried Online Show,
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Awarded Member of Distinction
Women Artists of the West, McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD
Sedona Arts Center Featured Artist Exhibition, Sedona, AZ
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Cowgirl Up Invitational Exhibition, Desert Museum, Wickenburg, AZ
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The Crow Show, The Studio Door Gallery, San Diego, CA
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d'Art Center For the Arts,
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Other Awards
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Sedona Arts Center 2013, Second Prize, Sculpture
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Sedona Arts Center 2011, First Prize, Sculpture
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Leigh Yawkey Museum, Birds in Art 2010 Exhibition, Purchase Award
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Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT, 2008, First Prize,
Sculpture and Purchase Award
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Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ, 2009 Marilyn Sunderman Creativity
Award
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Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ, 2008 Marilyn Sunderman Creativity
Award
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Sedona Arts Center, First Prize, Sculpture, 2006, Best of Show Award
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Mill Gallery AAWA Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, First Prize, Sculpture
Published Books
1979
1st Edition Association of Medical Illustrators
Manual of Gynecological Surgery
Byron J. Masterson, MD, Ph.D
Published by Springer-Verlag
New York/Heidelberg/Berlin
1986
Award of Excellence, 2nd Edition
Manual of Gynecological Surgery
Byron J. Masterson, MD, Ph.D
Published by Springer-Verlag
New York/Heidelberg/Berlin
1989
Manual of Pulmonary Surgery
Edward W. Humphrey, MD, Ph.D
Deanne McKeown, Co-Author
Published by Springer-Verlag
New York/Heidelberg/Berlin
1990
Human Physiology
Vander, Sherman, Luciano
Fifth Edition
Published by McGraw-Hill. Inc. USA