My love affair with stone began over 40 years ago, and you might say it has shaped my journey through life.  I have travelled as far as San Miguel, Mexico and Pietrasanta, Italy to express myself in stone, both trips having a profound effect upon my life and career.  

Breathing life into magnificent stone from around the world has always been a very spiritual and humbling experience for me, after all, nature took billions of years to create these glorious veins and colourations.  I have carved in stone from Italy, France, Spain, Israel, Chile, Morocco, India, Greece, Canada and the United States. Each stone is challenging, whether it be marble, alabaster, limestone, granite or slate. The stone itself is my inspiration leading me to carve directly, with no preconceived concepts.  As a result of this liberating creative process, each sculpture whether miniature or larger-scale is unique and exciting, enhancing many corporate, private and public collections.  I have been featured by galleries in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Chicago, Philadelphia and Florida, and my work in stone, as well as bronze, has been described as "elegant and sensuous". 

I have been delighted to share my love for this challenging medium by teaching students of all ages.  Over the past 18 years, my teaching positions have included instructing at the Royal Ontario Museum, Havergal College, the Toronto Botanical Gardens, as well as in my private Thornhill studio.

I am a native of St. Catharines, Ontario, a mother of three and a grandmother to two little girls.

EDUCATION & INDEPENDENT WORK

TEACHING

• The Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora - 2011
• The Sculpture House Studio Classes, Thornhill - 1993-2011
• Varley Art Gallery, Unionville - 2008-2009
• Toronto Botanical Gardens - 2009
• Relief Carving Workshop,  Bracebridge - 2005
• The Artists' Garden  Cooperative, Toronto - 2004, 06
• Southampton Art School - 2004
• Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Toronto - 2000-02
• Na Me Rez - Carving Course - 1999, 2000
• Art Starts, Toronto - Carving Course - 1998
• Havergal College, Toronto - Carving Course - 1996
• Unionville Arts H.S. - Guest Artist, Juried Auditions - 1995
• Civic Garden Centre, Toronto - Carving Course - 1994
• Richmond Hill Library - Carving Workshop - 1994

PUBLIC APPEARANCES

• Program - National Council of Jewish Women - 2005
• Live T.V. Feature Interview, Rogers Cable - Day Time Program - 2000
• Featured Artist, 9th Annual Show, Scarborough Gem & Mineral Club - March 2000
• Guest Speaker, Scarborough Gem & Mineral Club - April 2000         
• "Careers in Art" Speakers Series, Bayview Hill School - 1998

MEDIA COVERAGE 

• Ming Pao Daily Newspaper - 2004
• Canadian Jewish News- 1982, 1993, 1994, 2003     Read Article (PDF)
• Towne Crier- 1994    Read Article (PDF)
• Liberal- 1998, 2002, 2003, 2010    Read Article (PDF)
• Toronto Sun- 2002   Read Article (PDF)
• Thornhill Post- 2003
• Richmond Hill Post- 2003

All Photos - Pietrasanta, Italy