Ghostpipe Fish is from my Camouflage Fish Series. As an artist. one of my interests is the consideration of figure-ground relationships. This is particularly a concern when using plants and animals as subject matter. Inhabitants of the natural work must live and adapt within their surroundings. This figure-ground relationship is vital, so to speak. With this in mind, I began the series Camouflage Fish. Camouflage is a way of fitting into the environment, for protection or stealth. The colors or patterns of the animal that create camouflage are also the features of the subject's habitat, creating a figure-ground relationship of significance and visual confusion at the same time.

Ghostpipe Fish has been exhibited at Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Art Center, Dowell, MD, Yonkers Riverfront Library, & Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY , and Unison Gallery at Water Street Market.

About the artist:

I grew up in rural Ohio. While earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drawing and painting at The Ohio State University, I was awarded a Ford Foundation Grant. I then moved to NYC to attend New York University, spent a semester abroad in Venice, Italy and earned a Master's degree in studio art. The New York metropolitan area has been my home ever since. I now live and work in Yonkers with my husband John, who provides invaluable support, advice, and carpentry skills.

Awards:

• Ford Foundation Grant,Easton Arts Council,
• "Art in the Country" Honor of Merit, Daniel Mark Duffy, juror
• Ridgefield Guild of Artists, "Juried Members Show" Honorable Mention, Susan Hardesty, Curator, Norwalk Community College, juror

Public Collections:

• Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY,
• Limner Gallery Collection, Hudson, NY,
• Purdue University Galleries Permanent Collection

Private collections located in:

• Australia, California, Connecticut, England, Florida, Ireland, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico, New York, Ohio, Virginia, Washington