I am primarily a visual artist, although I have followed several career paths in my life. I was born on january 9 1956 in the Philadelphia area, into a family of 1st and 2nd generation Polish immigrants. My childhood was filled with the joys of creating; my parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents all skilled artisans, artists and musicians. I was encouraged to explore outside box and to read between the lines. As the youngest of four, I managed to escape Catholic school; my parents disenchanted with the harsh rule of the sisters. Instead, I was enrolled into the Swarthmore public school system where I thrived under the auspices of progressively minded teachers. By high school I had earned the title of "artist" although I had many other interest, specifically Jungian psychology and herbology. But art was my priority. I spent the last two years of high school in the art room. It was in every respect, Art school in high school. Our instructors introducing us to one medium after another. I focused on Japanese brush painting, plein air painting and illustration and design, incorporating my love of plants and plant identification with illustration; my subjects the many species proliferating the Swarthmore college campus, home to the Scott Arboretum. After high school I was accepted to the Boston Museum School, BFA; then transferred to the Houston Museum School. The Houston arts community was extremely experimental at the same time along with a high standard of discipline; both of which I needed. After 30 studio classes in life drawing, sculpture and printmaking, with my fathers untimely passing, I left the program to care for my mother, and then became a mother myself. Living in rural Vermont by then, I had to choose between prioritizing art as a career and making a living. I developed an herbal product line, expressing my self creatively through designing my product labels, illustrations for marketing campaigns. I also moonlighted as a freelance artist and writer. Having studied many alternative systems of education, I knew how important creative expression was for children, so I incorporated weekly painting and drawing sessions into our lives. Children are natural artists. Painting, drawing, music, was always a part of our lives. I was also a lifelong student of Humanistic Astrology. Taking that to the fullest degree that I could, I earned my degrees in depth/humanistic psychology. Again, creative expression played a huge role in facilitating insight and personal growth for my clients.
In 1994 I married the master Windsor chair builder, William Morrison who introduced me to milk paint. After painting hundreds of chairs for his clients, black over green, black over red, red over blue, I turned my skill to working in the abstract in wooden bowls, one layer of transparent hue over another, working the image until something inside said, done. There is something very primal about milk paint, it has an earthy, silky, soul like quality. I found I could incorporate it into any mixed media image. Many of the images on this site are just that. Milk Paint, Pastel, Watercolor. Others are a pure form of the medium. Pastel or Watercolor.
Art means something different to everyone. For me it is where I find hope and temporary peace. I am never more content then when I am engaged in a creative process. I am unable to unplug from the world. I believe that has to do with the healer in me. I am always looking for the answer to suffering, the root of the pain, and the cure. There are things we can do to help others, and then, there are things that we are powerless over, other than to pray and wait for the tide to turn, for humanity to evolve. Working with color and my preferred medium is one way I find solace. june 3 2022
In 1994 I married the master Windsor chair builder, William Morrison who introduced me to milk paint. After painting hundreds of chairs for his clients, black over green, black over red, red over blue, I turned my skill to working in the abstract in wooden bowls, one layer of transparent hue over another, working the image until something inside said, done. There is something very primal about milk paint, it has an earthy, silky, soul like quality. I found I could incorporate it into any mixed media image. Many of the images on this site are just that. Milk Paint, Pastel, Watercolor. Others are a pure form of the medium. Pastel or Watercolor.
Art means something different to everyone. For me it is where I find hope and temporary peace. I am never more content then when I am engaged in a creative process. I am unable to unplug from the world. I believe that has to do with the healer in me. I am always looking for the answer to suffering, the root of the pain, and the cure. There are things we can do to help others, and then, there are things that we are powerless over, other than to pray and wait for the tide to turn, for humanity to evolve. Working with color and my preferred medium is one way I find solace. june 3 2022
Above: Ahote Restless One, Warrior Kachina. Charcoal, 1977
Current
2021/22
Prince Street Gallery. NY. 14th Juried Annual Show.
August 20
https://princestreetgallery.com/
The Store, South West Harbor Maine. Ongoing. Prints and original work.
EDUCATION
MLAS/MS
THOMAS EDISON STATE COLLEGE, Princeton NJ 2017
Concentrations: Depth Psychology/Professional Counseling
Thesis: OASIS OF DISCONTENT: The Sociology of Addiction in Modern American Culture
DIP SNHS, LONDON, 2015 Homeopathy
BFA
VERMONT COLLEGE 2005: HUMANITIES/DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY
Theses: THE EMERGENCE OF THE FEMININE IN PSYCHOANALYTIC THOUGHT 2004
THE ALCHEMIST WITHIN 2005
AA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF VERMONT 2014. HUMANITIES/HUMAN SERVICES AA
STUDIO WORK
MUSEUM SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON TX 1975-1977
Concentrations: Printmaking/Life Drawing
MUSEUM SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON MA 1974 Summer Session
Sculpture/Illustration
HS
Swarthmore Pennsylvannia
Major: 2-D Painting and Illustration 1973
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Owner/Founder/Formulator Lakon Herbals LLC (www.lakonherbals.com) 1986 – present
Private Practice: Herbal/Holistic Health Care Consultations 1985 – Present
Private Practice: Depth Psychotherapy/Astrology 1980 -present (www.depthastrologer.com).
Freelance Writer 1985-Present
Freelance Illustration Houston Texas 1974-1979
Past
EXHIBITS/Gallery's Etc.
1976 The Bubbling Well Gallery, Cape May New Jersey: Solo Exhibit. Lithographs
1980 Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hanover NH Annual Group Exhibit
1989 City Center Art Center, Montpelier Vermont. Group Show
1990 Montpelier VT, Arts Alive. Area Artists Group Exhibit
2007, 2010 Crow Creek Gallery, Cape May CH NJ 08210.
2011 Beacon Art Shortwave Gallery, Stone Harbor NJ.
2014 Beacon Art Shortwave Gallery, Stone Harbor NJ.
2016 Studio Place Arts, Barre Vt. “Round and Around” Group Show
2016 Wilton Historical Society, Art and Artisan Annual Exhibit. Wilton Ct.
2017 Wilton Historical Society, Art and Artisan Annual Exhibit, Wilton Ct.
2017 Gallery Z Artists Coop, Lowell Ma., “Looking for America” Group Show
2018 Swarthmore Friends of Arts. Annual Group Show, May
2018 Cerulean Arts' 6th Annual Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Pa. https://www.whatsartblog.com/single-post/2018/07/21/Humans-and-Animals-and-Environs-Oh-My-Cerulean-Arts-6th-Annual-Juried-Exhibition
2018 Fall West Hartford Art League: A Sense of Place.
Group Show.
2019 35th Annual Juried Art/Artisen Show, Wilton Ct. Nov. 7,8,9.
2019 SK Gallery, NY., The Kristallnacht Exhibit. November 16th - December 17th
2020 Gallery Z, Lowell Ma. 'Ice and Snow' Juried Group Exhibit. March/April
2020 Sacramento Fine Arts Center. 'Abstract' Juried Virtual Online Exhibit. June.
2020 Wilton Historical Society Annual Arts/Artisan Show. Nov 5 - Dec 5.
2020/2021 The Store. Gallery. South West Harbor, Me. 2D and 3D bowls / abstract works / prints
2021 Arts Illiana Gallery, Terre Haute Indiana. MASKS March 5 June 5. http://artsilliana.com/Gallery
2021/22
Prince Street Gallery. NY. 14th Juried Annual Show.
August 20
https://princestreetgallery.com/
The Store, South West Harbor Maine. Ongoing. Prints and original work.
EDUCATION
MLAS/MS
THOMAS EDISON STATE COLLEGE, Princeton NJ 2017
Concentrations: Depth Psychology/Professional Counseling
Thesis: OASIS OF DISCONTENT: The Sociology of Addiction in Modern American Culture
DIP SNHS, LONDON, 2015 Homeopathy
BFA
VERMONT COLLEGE 2005: HUMANITIES/DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY
Theses: THE EMERGENCE OF THE FEMININE IN PSYCHOANALYTIC THOUGHT 2004
THE ALCHEMIST WITHIN 2005
AA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF VERMONT 2014. HUMANITIES/HUMAN SERVICES AA
STUDIO WORK
MUSEUM SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON TX 1975-1977
Concentrations: Printmaking/Life Drawing
MUSEUM SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON MA 1974 Summer Session
Sculpture/Illustration
HS
Swarthmore Pennsylvannia
Major: 2-D Painting and Illustration 1973
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Owner/Founder/Formulator Lakon Herbals LLC (www.lakonherbals.com) 1986 – present
Private Practice: Herbal/Holistic Health Care Consultations 1985 – Present
Private Practice: Depth Psychotherapy/Astrology 1980 -present (www.depthastrologer.com).
Freelance Writer 1985-Present
Freelance Illustration Houston Texas 1974-1979
Past
EXHIBITS/Gallery's Etc.
1976 The Bubbling Well Gallery, Cape May New Jersey: Solo Exhibit. Lithographs
1980 Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hanover NH Annual Group Exhibit
1989 City Center Art Center, Montpelier Vermont. Group Show
1990 Montpelier VT, Arts Alive. Area Artists Group Exhibit
2007, 2010 Crow Creek Gallery, Cape May CH NJ 08210.
2011 Beacon Art Shortwave Gallery, Stone Harbor NJ.
2014 Beacon Art Shortwave Gallery, Stone Harbor NJ.
2016 Studio Place Arts, Barre Vt. “Round and Around” Group Show
2016 Wilton Historical Society, Art and Artisan Annual Exhibit. Wilton Ct.
2017 Wilton Historical Society, Art and Artisan Annual Exhibit, Wilton Ct.
2017 Gallery Z Artists Coop, Lowell Ma., “Looking for America” Group Show
2018 Swarthmore Friends of Arts. Annual Group Show, May
2018 Cerulean Arts' 6th Annual Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Pa. https://www.whatsartblog.com/single-post/2018/07/21/Humans-and-Animals-and-Environs-Oh-My-Cerulean-Arts-6th-Annual-Juried-Exhibition
2018 Fall West Hartford Art League: A Sense of Place.
Group Show.
2019 35th Annual Juried Art/Artisen Show, Wilton Ct. Nov. 7,8,9.
2019 SK Gallery, NY., The Kristallnacht Exhibit. November 16th - December 17th
2020 Gallery Z, Lowell Ma. 'Ice and Snow' Juried Group Exhibit. March/April
2020 Sacramento Fine Arts Center. 'Abstract' Juried Virtual Online Exhibit. June.
2020 Wilton Historical Society Annual Arts/Artisan Show. Nov 5 - Dec 5.
2020/2021 The Store. Gallery. South West Harbor, Me. 2D and 3D bowls / abstract works / prints
2021 Arts Illiana Gallery, Terre Haute Indiana. MASKS March 5 June 5. http://artsilliana.com/Gallery
I have been a practicing astrologer since 1973. My interest in astrology as a tool for personal growth and self realization was fostered at an early age by my mother and her sister, my Aunt Laura. On my 16th birthday my mother presented me with a book on casting a horoscope which referenced the psychological approach of C. G. Jung, with the words "Maybe you can help us figure ourselves out." My aunt presented me with a beautiful card imaging the sea goat, my sign. I was drawn to the work of Jung, his skill as an astrologer, but also his insights into human behavior and dynamics, which resonated with my own. In 1981 I began developing the personal color mandala for my clients. I have painted hundreds of these charts for clients as accompaniments to their astrological sessions. My work as a depth or humanistic astrologer can be found on this website : http://www.depthastrologer.com/
