SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2004 Paintings

M & M Club, Gallery Night & Day, Milwaukee, WI

 

2001 Dead Reckoning

Artemisia Gallery, Chicago

 

1994 Paintings

Emma Willard School, Troy, NY

  

1989 Northern Lights

GE Corporate R&D Center (now Global Research), Schenectady, NY

 

Paintings

Myers Studio, Schenectady, NY

 

1988  Paintings

Rensselaer County Council for the Arts, Troy, NY

 

1987 Straight Bearing North

Artemisia Gallery, Chicago

 

1986  Land Marks

County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ

 

1985  Orientation Paintings

Central Hall Gallery, NYC

 

1983  Desert Images

University of Illinois Medical Center

 

1982  Monotypes

Monroe Gallery, Chicago

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2017 First 100 Days

Gallery 1308, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI

 

What Can Art Do?

7th Floor Gallery, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI

 

2001 Size Matters

Artemisia Gallery, Chicago

 

2000 Post-Millennial Musings

Artemisia Gallery, Chicago

 

1996  Alumnae Show

Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

 

1994  Central NY State Regional

Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, NY

 

1993   Beauty

 Artemisia Gallery, Chicago 

                

Color

Emma Willard School, Troy, NY

 

1992  Animal Magnetism

Russell Sage College, Troy, NY

 

1991 Personal Territory

Struve Gallery, Chicago, at Art Expo, Chicago

 

1990  4x12x12

Emma Willard School, Troy, NY

 

1990  Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region

Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY

 

Regional Retrospective

Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY

 

1989  Peg Orcutt and Tim Martin

Columbia Center for the Arts, Columbia, MD

 

Angels

Russell Sage College, Troy, NY

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Selections from the Faculty

Jr College of Albany (now Russell Sage College), Albany, NY

 

1988 Earth: Fragments  (3 person)

Utica College of Syracuse University, Utica, NY

  

8 Central Hall Artists at Soho 20

Soho 20, NYC

 

Biennial Landscape Exhibition

Rensselaer County Council for the Arts, Troy, NY

 

Visual Artists Critique Alliance

Ann Grey Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY

 

1987    The Home Show

Russell Sage College, Troy, NY

 

Nocturnes and Nightmares

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

        

Interplay

Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY

 

1986 Cycles, Art by Women of New York State

Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany NY and 

Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY

 

The Transforming Landscape

Henry Street Settlement, NYC

 

Flag Art/86

Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany,NY

 

Painted Surfaces

Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY

 

Biennial Landscape Exhibition

Rensselaer County Council for the Arts, Troy, NY

 

1985 Person to Person

Central Hall Gallery, NYC

 

Electric City Eclectic

Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY 

 

Spaces, Within/Without

Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY

 

Mohawk Hudson Regional Invitational

Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY and 

Schenectady Museum, Schenectady

                             

40th American Color Print Society Exhibition

Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA

 

1984  Monoprint Exhibition 1984

Passepartout Gallery, Winooski, VT

 

Faculty Exhibition

Jr College of Albany (now Russell Sage College), Albany, NY

 

Biennial Landscape Exhibition

Rensselaer County Council for the Arts, Troy, NY

 

1983  Printed by Women, A National Exhibition of Prints and Photographs by Women, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA

 

Two Art Exhibitions

University of Illinois/Chicago, Chicago

 

We Are Together Now

Logan Square Art Center, Chicago, IL

 

Illinois Regional Print Show

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

 

Small Works / Women’s Caucus for Art

Body Politic Theater, Chicago

 

1982  New Horizons in Art

Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Chicago

 

Illinois Regional Print Show

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

 

Hung Jury

NAB Gallery, Chicago

 

Twelve/82

Ward Gallery, University of Illinois/Chicago, Chicago

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

 

1989              Artists’ Space Grant for Columbia Center for the Arts exhibit

 

1988              NY State Council for the Arts Grant for Utica College exhibit

 

1987              Artists’ Space Grant for Artemisia Gallery exhibit

 

1987              First Prize, Interplay, Albany Inst for History and Art, Albany, NY

                      Juror: Deborah Balkin, Berkshire Museum Pittsfield, MA

 

1986               First Prize, Painted Surfaces, Albany Institute for History and Art, Albany, NY, Juror: Thomas Lollar,                               Shippee Gallery, NYC

           

1984               Second Prize, L.A. Swyer and Co. Award, Schenectady Museum Purchase Award, Mohawk-Hudson                             Regional,  AIHA, Albany, NY Juror: Grace Gluck, NYT art critic 

 

1984              Artist's Workspace Fellowship, Woodstock School of Art,Woodstock, NY

 

1982              Rising Paper Co  Award for Intaglio, Illinois Regional Print Show

 

1978              Phi Beta Kappa, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

 

                      Stecher Traveling Scholarship for Artists and Art Historians, Wellesley College, Summer at Sarah                                  Lawrence College in Lacoste, France

 

 

COLLECTIONS

 

Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY
McDonald Corporation, Albany, NY
Ernst & Whinney, Albany, NY
Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY
Four Winds Psychiatric Hospital, Saratoga Springs, NY
Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Albany, NY

 

CATALOGS

 

Dr. Cassandra Langer, "Radiant Interventions" essay for GE show, 1989
 

Earth: Fragments, Utica College of Syracuse University, Utica, NY, 1988

 

Craig Adcock, Nocturnes and Nightmares, Florida St. Univ., Tallahassee, FL, 1987

 

Cycles, Art by Women of New York State, AIHA, Albany, NY and Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY, 1986

40th American Color Print Society Exhibition, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA, 1984

Mohawk Hudson Regional, AIHA, Albany, NY 1984

Small Works National, Zaner Gallery, Rochester, NY, 1984

Printed by Women, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 1983

 

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

 

Louise Krasniewicz  Albany Times Union, Oct. 20, 1989

 

Jonas Kovan           "Paintings, Ceramics Link Past to Future"

                                 Utica Observer Dispatch, Mar. 23, 1989

 

Jo Page                    "Niskayuna Artist Part of American Tradition"

                                  Albany Times Union, Albany, NY, Jan 8, 1988

 

Julie Wyatt               "Feel the Arctic Cold, Recognize the Ordinary at RCCA"

                                  The Knickerbocker News, Albany, NY, Jan 16, 1988

 

Kenneth Salzmann   "Landscape of the Mind Brings New Vista to RCCA"

                                    The Times Record, Troy, NY, Jan. 7, 1988

 

                                   "Orcutt, Loomis Exhibit to Open Jan. 8"

                                   Schenectady Gazette, Schenectady, NY, Dec. 31, 1988

 

                                 "Gallery Features Icy Works of Former Naperville Artist"

                                   Naperville Sun, Naperville, IL, Oct, 16, 1987

 

David Brickman       "Heavenly Hosts"

                                   Metroland, Albany, NY, April 13-19, 1989

 

                                   "Art Exhibit Satisfies"

                                    Albany Times Union, Jan. 30, 1987

 

Ken Johnson          "Art Exhibit in Schenectady Straddles Fine Art and Craft"

                                   Albany Times Union, Sept. 9, 1985

 

                                 "Revealing Artist's Viewpoints"

                                  Albany Times Union, Apr. 26, 1985

         

                                  “Coughtry Leads Choice Artists into Invitational”

                                   Albany Times Union, Sept. 21, 1984

 

Peg C. Wright Schenectady Gazette, April 6, 1989

                                    Schenectady Gazette, Jan. 21, 1988

                                    Schenectady Gazette, Jan. 22, 1987

                                    Schenectady Gazette, Apr. 10, 1986

                                    Schenectady Gazette, Jan. 9, 1986

                                    Schenectady Gazette, May 2, 1985

                                    Schenectady Gazette, July 18, 1984

                                    Schenectady Gazette, Nov. 19, 1984

 

Janis Dorgan            "Flag Art/86"

                                   Albany League of Arts Calendar Article, January, 1986

 

Michael Dygert       "Not Just Taking Up Space"

                                   Metroland (Albany), May 9-15, 1985

 

Julie Wyatt                "A Fine, Eclectic Show at the AlHA"

                                   Knickerbocker News (Troy, NY), April 19, 1986

 

"Electric City is Indeed Eclectic"

                                   Knickerbocker News (Troy, NY), Sept., 1985

 

Barbara Aubin          "Behind the Scenes of We Are Together Now"

                                   Women Artists' News, Summer, 1983

 

Professional Organizations and Experience

 

1994-2003    Artemisia Gallery, Chicago

1985-1992    Women's Caucus for Art, NY Capital Area

                     Chapter Chair (1985-87) and Founding Member

1984-1988    Central Hall Artists, NYC

1984-1992    Jr College of Albany (now Russell Sage College) Adjunct Faculty

1989             Co-Curator, "Angels", Russell Sage College Gallery

1982-1983    U of Illinois/Chicago, Dept. of Art and Design, Teaching Assistant

         

EDUCATION

 

MFA        University of Illinois/Chicago 1983

BA           Wellesley College 1978

Summer Rhode Island School of Design 1978

Summer Sarah Lawrence College, Lacoste, France 1977
 

Artist's Statement

 

My work is about navigation - navigation in the polar regions of the earth and the navigation that each one of us does in our daily lives. I explore these ideas in large scale oil paintings.Some years ago I began reading books about the Arctic: Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez, The Arctic Grail by Pierre Berton about the search for the Northwest Passage, and other stories of exploration. I was struck by how the descriptive language of the struggles of exploration reflected my own feelings about my personal search for direction. Certain phrases and sentences resonated for me, suggesting visual images, and I began making paintings of these images. While the images are recognizable as polar scenes, they are completely imaginary and invented. I work only from an informed imagination (informed by photographs, travel to Alaska, and observations of the winter landscape) and literary descriptions of the sights and experiences of the writers.

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In recent years the story of Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914 Imperial Trans Antarctic Expedition from Britain has regained acclaim through Caroline Alexander's book Endurance and the related traveling museum exhibit of artifacts and photos. A story of shipwreck and the prolonged struggle for survival in Antarctic conditions, it is a moving tale. I too have been touched by the ordeal of Shackleton and his men, and have used both Alexander's book and Shackleton's own account, South, as written resources for visual concepts. These stories bring up issues that resonate for all of us. How does one cross an open lead to reach safety on the other side? What landmarks can one find to find the way? Is there any hope for survival when crossing open seas to a distant island? How do any of us find direction in our lives? What do we use to navigate our open seas? What symbolizes safety and therefore home for any of us.