Her paintings utilize the principles of drawing from direct observation combined with efficient brushwork and a limited palette. She has been a faculty member of The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, The Hunterdon Museum of Art, and The Center for Contemporary Art. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, she received a Bachelor of Science in graphic design and fine art and also studied painting at The Art Students League of NY. She was chosen as a 2014 Bryant Park Painter-in-Residence, and was invited to be a guest lecturer at the Princeton University Art Museum in July 2017.