In my paintings I try to capture everything about a moment in time:  the light, the feeling, the sense of space, the action, the stillness.  My paintings are colorful and I presently work in oil, although I have also used acrylic as well.   My work is representational, yet I don’t strive for photo-realism.  In all of my paintings, whether they are still life, portraits, landscapes or cityscapes, I try to connect with the subject, so that by the time I am finished I feel like I have inhabited the scene. And I hope the viewer does as well.

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

Sparks: Solo Show, Lightner Gallery, Keuka College  - March 2008

Two Voices: Art Work by Ileen Kaplan and Carol Spence, Leidenfrost Vineyard, Hector, NY,  - April 2008

Heart Song Gallery Greene, NY  -  2002

Exhibitions

The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY, National Small Works Painting Exhibition - December, 2009.

State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY, Regional Juried Exhibition -  December 2009 and 2007

CSMA Juried Show -  December 2009 and 2008

Ithaca Artists Market, - Juried Market 2009 and 2008

Trumansburg Conservatory Invitational Art Show  - 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005

 Kitchen Theater Auction, Clinton House Gallery -  March 2009 and 2008

Palace Theater Juried Exhibition "Let it Snow” -  December 2008

Clinton House Gallery Ithaca, NY, Artists and their Pets, Invitational Group Show, - September 2007.   

Random Selections 1V: An Exhibition of Artwork from Upstate NY and New York City  George Waters Gallery, Elmira College -  March 2007

Corning Community College Invitational Group Show: “Introductions”  - September 2005

Rural Research Laboratory Sayre, Pa. Group Show “Temporary Tattoos” -  April 2005

Awards

Honorable Mention for "Cafe Days" in State of the Art Juried Exhibition -  December 2009.

Honorable Mention for "Wine Before Dinner" The Main Street Gallery National Small Works Exhibition, December -  2009

Best in Show for "Breakfast", Kitchen Theater Auction, - March 2008.