Her images are suffused with the richness of coastal light and atmosphere rooted in her connections to the North Fork of Long Island, Monhegan Island in Maine, and Ireland. Wendy attended the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She co-founded the architectural firm Prellwitz/Chilinski Associates in 1982, and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wendy has received multiple fellowships from the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, and a Grant-in-Aid from the St Botolph Foundation.