I’m an artist who is lucky enough to be able to divide my time between Hudson, New York and Gloucester, massachusetts I attended the School of The Museum of Fine Art in Boston. I received a travelling scholarship in 1989 which I used to travel to Eastern Europe. I spent more than the normal amount of time in museums as a child, in part because my father was an art historian and also because I loved spending time surrounded by art from various periods. I was especially drawn to Christian Art. I was transfixed when I stood in front of icons. I was often moved to prayer while in the presence of certain pieces of religious art. Those spiritual experiences led me to fantasize about living a religious life in community. I dreamed that one day I would be a monk and either make icons or stained glass windows for churches. I have been lucky enough to have been able to learn both techniques as an adult. My Jewish heritage and culture have been very important parts of my life. I listened intently to the stories of the old country told by my grandfather and I have read Jewish literature and Jewish history including accounts told by survivors of the Holocaust. I was profoundly affected by the kindness shown to me by some of the survivors with whom I came into contact as a child. I was brought up in a non observant, although culturally Jewish household. I taught myself to read and write Hebrew so that I could have a Bar Mitzvah. When I demonstrated that I could read Hebrew to my father, he hired a tutor so that I could learn what I needed in order to complete the preparations. My love for icons has led me to study iconography in classes and in monasteries. I have had the great opportunity of being able to learn from some extremely accomplished American, English, Russian and Greek iconographers. My work has been shown in Boston, New York, Provincetown and Boulder. The most recent in person show in which my work was included was in Berlin, Germany. I have had work in some digital exhibits since the beginning of the pandemic and I currently have work included in “On The Consequences of Hate Speech IV” an exhibit by Vector Artist Initiative which includes a video “snapshot” interview with me by Shelley Werner of Art and Scroll Studio. On The Consequences of Hate Speech IV