About the Artist

 I was born and raised in Ireland where I first was exposed to art at the Crawford School of Art where I took drawing and watercolor classes. I had admired some oil paintings in the museum attached  to the school but was disappointed that oil painting classes were not offered. Art took a back seat while I trained as a doctor. I came to Maryland for post-graduate education. I raised three girls and worked as a public health physician for the State of Maryland for 34 years.

I always loved art and took evening oil painting classes with James Adkins in the ‘90s. On retirement  I finally had time to seriously develop my skills. I was trained in the classical tradition under Peter Collier and others at Howard Community College for ten years, where I made five art study abroad trips to France and organized a painting trip to Ireland for Peter and his students.

Art education never ends so in addition to workshops with Theresa Oaxaca and Luis Alvarez Roure, I studied at Maryland Institute College of Art with Professor Duane Lutsko for several years,  and also took classes at Winslow Art Center with David Mensing, Joseph Gyursak and Bernard Delarrio and at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art with Al Gury.

My favorite medium is oil but in recent years I have worked in gouache especially while traveling. I paint mainly from direct observation, and have received awards for my plein air and still life work. I have fundraiser art sales for Grassroots of Howard County and have used my art in support of numerous other non profits.   In addition to my studio, I show my art in various shows, mostly in Maryland (see Events) but also in At the Top Gallery in Mill Valley, California in 2019 and at University College Cork, Ireland in 2016

 I have a studio in Ellicott City Maryland named Sheebeen Busy (after a remark by a visitor). I live in Ellicott City, and my husband Bernard and I have three daughters and four grandchildren.