The Cahoon Museum Of American Art Inc

I remember distinctly the moment I knew I wanted to one day have my work be seen in a museum. It was later in life for me since I didn’t pursue my own art until age 40. I was in Edinburgh at the National Gallery with my father, we were taking a reprieve from the sadness around my sister’s time in Hospice. The exhibit was a retrospective of Scottish painter Joan Eardley (1921-1963) who’s career was cut short by breast cancer. I couldn’t believe the amount of work she produced in her short life time. I left feeling moved and inspired to my core. I told my father- “I’m going to make paintings and someday I will have work in a museum like this.”

I know the Cahoon is not the Nation Gallery but it is the real deal for us here in New England. I’m pretty giddy about my work being handled with white gloves, seeing wall text blurbs about my process, being well taken care of and deeply respected by museum director Sarah Johnson and curator Annie Dean, exhibiting with top notch artists Jodi Collela and Kimberly Sheerin , exhibiting alongside a historic collection of daguerreotypes..... and most importantly, being alive to share the work with friends and family. It’s really a dream come true.