​

​

I am a plein air painter and printmaker, translating the landscapes I encounter into paintings and relief prints.

​

I was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in Maryland, spending many hours in the art studio of my grandfather, Herman Perlman, who had a great influence on my love of art and expression. When I was 12, I survived a car accident that took my brother's life. Making art and witnessing the full cycle of life and death in the natural world became a source of healing that continues to feed my soul.

​

​I was drawn to integrate my love of art and nature, so I earned a degree in Art and Geography from the University of Delaware. I went on to study scientific and botanical illustration.I worked creating custom illuminated Ketubahs, Jewish wedding contracts, and spent years painting murals and decorative finishes for public and private commissions in the DC area.

​

Landscape painting, which I studied at the Washington Studio School and the Chautauqua School of Art, brought my background of art and geography together. I love to sketch and paint outdoors in the elements, with 360 degrees of information around me, to capture an ephemeral moment and a sense of place.

 

Back in the studio, I interpret my paintings as a printmaker. My happy place is carving a block of linoleum or wood, inking a plate, and printing by hand or press. I am an Affiliate at Discover Graphics Atelier at the Torpedo Factory in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia.

 

In 2025, I was selected as one of the Women Artists of the DMV (DC, Maryland, and Virginia), a regional curated survey of local women artists. Read a profile of my work in the debut exhibition. I sell my art and handmade gifts at gallery shows and art fairs around the DC area throughout the year. I live in Alexandria, Virginia with my family.