About the Artist

“As an avid outdoor enthusiast, I enjoy drawing and painting outdoors.  Abandoned buildings and old mining towns are an especially interesting subject matter and are scattered throughout the southwestern deserts.  The paintings are done loosely with a more finely tuned focal area.   I also absolutely love doing portrait and figure work of people and animals maintaining the same style of loose painting putting the detail in the face. The most important thing is to be able to tell a story with the art. The movement of paint with water and its unpredictability is the attraction as it can be used to create life and movement in the subject. Also, with watercolor I find the qualities of transparency fascinating because each layer of paint reveals a little bit of the underpainting.  These layers create a depth and dimensionality enhancing the work.”

A graduate of Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ with an education in business and art she opened the Kubert Art Store.  As well as growing the art supply business she also began to paint and continued to study art, initially experimenting with many different mediums and techniques mainly to be able to better help her customers.  As time went on she took more classes and developed an affinity with watercolor.  Her studies included workshops and classes at the Art Students League in NY, the Animation Guild in LA and many workshops with internationally acclaimed watercolor artists on the east and west coasts.  She now resides in California and devotes all her time to painting in watercolor.  Many of her works have been included in juried exhibitions both locally and nationally. 

Signature Memberships:  National Watercolor Society,  Western Federation of Watercolor, North East Watercolor Society, New Jersey Watercolor Society, Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, Baltimore Watercolor Society and Philadelphia Watercolor Society

Awards:

2025 - Signature Status National Watercolor Society, Splash 2026 Honorable Mention, National Watercolor Society International Show, Transparent Watercolor Society International Show, San Diego Watercolor Society International Show, Watercolor West International Show, BoldBrush Painting Competition July 2025

2024 - Transparent Watercolor Society Carole Christiansen Memorial Award, NEWS Artist in Heaven Award for Realism, Mid Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition Baltimore Watercolor Society Founders Award, American Watercolor Society Associate Show, National Watercolor Society Member Show, Watercolor West International Show

2023 - Western Federation of Watercolor Signature Status, American Watercolor Society Associate Show

2022 - San Diego WCS Triennial Show 2nd Place

2021 - New Jersey Watercolor Society Annual Member Show 2nd Place

2020 - The Best of Watercolor Splash 21 competition winner, Burbank Art Association Annual Show First Place People

2017 - NJAA Honorable Mention, Essex WC Merit Award, Essex WC Spring Best in Show, SCAHC

2016 - AAR First Place Watercolor 49th Annual Show, Essex WC Merit Award, SCAHC, North East WC Member Show Honorable Mention

2015 - AAR First Place CCM Art Show, AAR Best in Show 48th Annual Show, NJAA First Place, Essex WC Award of Excellence Spring Show, Essex WC Award of Merit Fall Show

2014 - Essex WC Award of Excellence Winter Show, Essex WC Award of Merit Spring Show, NJWC Associate Award of Excellence

2013 - NJWC Associate Show Award of Merit

2012 - Essex WC Award of Merit

2011 - NJWC Associate Award of Excellence, AAR Annual Show Award of Excellence, Essex WC Award of Merit

2010 - AAR Annual Best in Show, Essex WC Winter Show Award of Merit

2009 - 10th Annual Gaelen Juried Show Best in Watercolor, AAR Annual Show Winsor Newton Painting Award, Essex WC Award of Excellence, Award of Merit

2008 - ARR Annual Award of Excellence

2007 - AAR Annual 2nd Place Watercolor