About the Artist

Welcome to my site, and thanks for visiting.  .

Oh - and by the way Chet is a nickname of a nickname.  I'm a wife, mom and grandma.

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This all started when I was a college senior and told I would have to take some art credits in order to graduate.  Well, as a biology major, I was far from happy at the news.  However, here I am, years later and smiling.

To be honest, I don't really remember what awards I have won through the years.  I have won a significant number from the Art Association of Old Greenwich (CT)--at least four first place and Kent Art Association (first place, oils) and CT Classic Artists best in show (this organization may be defunct now as I can't find it on a search).  I have been represented for ten years (or so) at the Greenwich Art to the Avenue Show in Greenwich, CT.

I have also been represented in some national shows:  New Haven Paint and Clay, Audubon Artists (honorable mention), The Catharine B. Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, the Salmagundi Club and some I can't even think of.

Painting is my passion.  I'm up most nights until 2:00am doing my stuff, so the business side gets short shrift.  I don't enter a lot of shows. 

In the end, though, it all comes down to the artwork itself. 

I try to capture the beauty, the humor and the stories that are all around us.

I hope you enjoy viewing my paintings as much as I enjoyed painting them all, and thank you again for visiting.  If you would like to leave a comment, that would be welcomed.