BIO

A Massachusetts-based contemporary expressionist painter, my work draws from a shifting dialogue between ocean, land, and the architectural remnants that hold human history. Through layered surfaces, nuanced color fields, and textural depth, I create paintings that echo weathered coastlines, aged surfaces, and the quiet persistence of place, like underwater environments, gardens and patinated elements. My practice is driven by close observation and an intuitive response to natural and environments, allowing atmospheric gestures and structural undertones to coexist. My abstract paintings are often a bit representational to connect viewers with immediacy.

Guided by an interest in how history and human behavior shapes our landscapes, particularly coastal areas, I create each piece through accumulated layers and marks that suggest movement, erosion, restoration, and the passage of time. My paintings invite viewers to move slowly—discovering embedded moments, symbols, subtle tensions, and meditative rhythms within the work.

Over the years, I have become deeply embedded in arts advocacy and promoting thousands of visual artists around the world as a co-founder of Juniper Rag, hosting many exhibitions a year. A former juror for the inaugural Art Newport in 2025, we also collaborate and partner with other art organizations like Mechanincs Hall, Hanover Theater Rep, New Art Center, Spectrum Health Systems, TAG Boston and others to bridge the gap between artists, collectors and organizations that benefit from our audience and experience.

COAST SERIES

COAST is an ongoing series I have been working on exclusively since 2022. Isolation of the pandemic really helped me focus on making this specific work. Over the years I witness the gradual decline of coral reefs that global warming has affected in the British Virgin Islands. A coastal place that holds my heart, especially after hurricanes Irma and Maria decimated the islands and then they were hit with Covid-19, further damaging tourism. This series was painted in celebration of this place and the blue spaces. My formative years were impacted greatly by growing up in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on boats and around the water. A connection was made to water very early on in my life. After visiting Tortola in 2017, falling in love with the place and then having it destroyed by a hurricane, I became interested in the changes that I see in the reef environments and on the island. Global warming is wreaking havoc on the Caribbean and around the world, only getting worse annually.

VISUAL ART + PROCESS

Mostly a self-taught artist, I received some painting education at Worcester Art Museum and life drawing at Worcester State College. Art was a resourceful tool for me to de-stress and grow personally while raising a family. My focus was strictly watercolor and my practice was representational and very tight and planned. Refining my artistic skills contributed to me beginning my professional career, earning some awards as an artist and graphic designer at one of the top stationery companies in the country, earning a Forbes 1000. I worked there for 17 years, along side of some of the most extraordinarily talented people. My creative and intellectual world opened up, in art, design, user experience, technology and entrepreneurial practices.

I make my art to reflect on my inner state of mind, while experiencing elements of the human condition and societal structures. My work is also inspired by travel and natural and coastal environments. Today my mediums are acrylic or mixed media, from abstract to representational and occasionally figurative. Organic materials heavily interest me with their colors and textures. Their relationship with motion, light and surface and how they evoke emotion instill a curiosity that leads me to transfer this energy onto my substrate. Loose and free line work fascinates me, especially hand-lettering and free flowing sketches. Artists that I am drawn to include Klimt, Keifer, Schiele, Turner, Twombly and Brown to name a few. My art is instinctual and intuitive, informed by color, movement and form. Once I put down base layers in my work, I add more reacting to the colors and results that happen in the paint, using scraping, rubbing and dripping and always experimenting.

My mind does not stop processing all day every day and although I thrive in very busy environments. Art calms my thoughts and helps me lose myself in the process.

The ocean and the woods have always balanced me and instantly bring my heart rate down. There is nothing like being a creative person and being in these places. Recently, another artist gave me a travel sketchbook, so I have been filling it with memories.

Finding balance in this world.

DESIGN/MARKETING

Great pride comes from being a resourceful leader stuck on a human-centered approach. First, a visual storyteller with a reputation for creative excellence, I love to contribute to the growth of brands. Experienced in design, marketing, print and technology I have led big campaigns from concept to market for brands with aggressive growth plans. I believe that big, transformative ideas—can make the impact necessary for growth. Consistently, I have a passion for leadership, strategic problem solving and utilize a deep understanding of design to develop captivating visual identities, digital deliverables, social media and marketing campaigns as well as serve as a valuable input because my mind is always thinking. I am one of those people that hears, “Oh, wow, we never thought of that.”

Recently, we relocated from Worcester to Paxton, MA, where I have a design and marketing partnership with Payal Thiffault, Atelier ID Global. I work out of my home. In 2021, I co-founded Juniper Rag visual art and lifestyle magazine with my long-time colleague Payal Thiffault. We have created a vehicle for elevating artists, combining our skills as marketers and artists. We promote serious artists who want to reach new markets. Other professional projects include social media marketing for cybersecurity startup, ShardSecure, a marketing video and branding for Bonbillo accelerating innovation towards the Sustainable Development Goals set by The United Nations. We designed a family planning website for NIVI, an AI family planning company in Africa and India and a website and collateral for COI Energy. Local projects for Atelier include branding, signage, wayfinding and websites for Worcester Public Market and Kelley Square Lofts and The Market Pantry, as well as branding for Bedlam Books and signage for Worcester Center for Crafts. We have also designed marketing materials and branding for Mass Farmers Market and Copley Square Farmers Markets.

We are proud to have donated work and time to some fabulous non-profit organizations like 1NTERRUPT cyber security event for students, The Pet Rock Festival, stART on the Street, Cirque du Noir and Slow Art. As a life-long Worcester resident, my heart has been deeply invested in the culture of the city and for this reason, I founded Cirque du Noir, a masquerade and fundraiser for area non-profits. I am committed to sharing the art of contemporary local and regional artists, musicians, dancers and culinary talents with the public.

PUBLISHING

As of February 2021, my partner in crime at Atelier, Payal Kripalani Thiffault and I have embarked on a new adventure, as mentioned above.

We launched a visual art magazine called JUNIPER RAG.

JUNIPER RAG is an independent visual art and lifestyle magazine that elevates creatives in order to reach new markets. We celebrate contemporary visual arts —including alternative and underground contemporary art, as well as design and photography. Our issues showcase exceptional creatives who practice their crafts with unique styles and professionalism. Our featured creatives are recognized for excellence. We want to expose their work to the world and we excel at visual communication and collaboration, so perfect storm. We will engage with creatives and all patrons of the arts, interior designers, collectors, directors, curators and gallerists in our efforts of improving the ways contemporary art is created, shared and purchased.

JUNIPER RAG is available in digital and printed formats.

We believe you home is where you live, may work, and gather —made more vibrant with touches of handmade objects and pieces of art collected over time. Research shows that children that grow up learning about and making art have more appreciation for culture and creativity, growing into strong critical thinkers with a more connected feeling about community.

We know that art brings so much value to our lives — it generates an emotional response, sparks interesting conversations, and represents a memory. It may eventually serve as a smart investment or a treasured heirloom. No matter what your style is — classic, farmhouse, whimsical, minimalist to maximalist, art transforms. We hope that our readers are inspired by the creatives within our pages and bring that art and culture into your lives and your homes.