mabelz25@yahoo.com
203 366.0212
I became a photographer and chronicler of life at the age of ten when my parents gave me a Kodak box camera. Now there are over thirty albums of family, friends, travel and nature, plus over four thousand photos stored in IPhoto! As an avid gardener, I especially enjoy photographing my floral harvest as well as nature scenes in and around Fairfield. After retirement, I pursued recognition for my work which rewarded me with sales of my series, “Fences of Fairfield“. Also recognized were photos entered in the Fairfield Historical Society competitions of which I took runner up and first place prizes. In 2008 one of my photos appeared for the month of April on a local business calendar. A photo of my grandson, as a youngster, was chosen by the Fairfield Arts Council banner competition to hang on the Post Road the summer of 2009.
An interest in painting began in 1959. Love of the Impressionist Period inspired me to work in this style; first in oil, more recently in acrylic. My subject matter consists mainly of landscape and still life. Although I have hung in several join exhibitions, I haven’t concentrated on sales, preferring to gift many of my works to family and friends around the globe. I began painting with the objecting of hanging an original in my kitchen. Previously I studied mainly with Peter Clarke and Tom Gargiulo. For the past few years my instructor has been Gus Moran at Housatonic Community College.
