My Story
I was born, raised and still live in Columbia, South Carolina, but my roots are not here like my husband’s are. My ancestors were explorers who landed and went West, all the way to California.
I have that same wanderlust. There is always too much overflowing on my plate, and my husband of 37 years has been my rock in the juggling act.
Both of my children are wonderfully married, and I have the most marvelous three-year-old grandson imaginable. Hopefully, there will be lots more to come!
Work
Professional Studio Artist (since 1982)
Founder and Executive Director of Healing Icons®, a non-profit organization on a mission to teach creativity as a form of stress reduction and healing to every cancer survivor on the planet.
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Lexington Medical Foundation, Columbia, SC
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USC’s Center for Colon Cancer Research, Columbia, SC
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Collaborative Project: Living Legacies - Images into Words, Words into Images: an East Coast/West Coast dialog. With Sharon Bray of Writing Through Cancer at University of California at San Diego.
Awards and Recognition - Selected
Having worked as an artist for over 40 years, I have been lucky to receive numerous honors and have exhibited nationally as well as internationally.
In recognition of outstanding achievement and contributions to the arts in South Carolina, the Arts Commission annually presents the Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Awards, the highest honor the state gives in the arts. I was humbled to receive this in 2011.
That same year, I was awarded The Palmetto Center for Women’s Tribute to Women in Industry (TWIN) Award in Health and Wellness. Since 1980, this distinguished honor, has been given annually to women whose outstanding achievements mark them as leaders and role models in business and in the community.
School
My schooling (MFA, University of South Carolina, BFA 1982) has been punctuated not only by intensives at the Penland School of Arts but also by studies in myth, world religions, Jungian psychology and nighttime dreams. My insatiable curiosity fuels my creative process.
Home Box Office, Atlanta, GA Convex Co., LTD, Hong Kong Coca Cola USA Bogner GmbH, Munich, Germany Georgia Textile Manufacturing, Atlanta GA Madeira Threads LTD- USA and UK Textilforum Magazine, Hannover, Germany Waelkens, Oostrozebeke, Belguim Arthur Anderson & Co. Atlanta, GA NCNB Corporation, Columbia, SC Sin Woo GMT, Seoul, South Korea Marriott Corporation, Orlando, FL South Carolina State Art Collection Ganek and Wright, Atlanta, GA Southern Bell, Miami, FL Cousins Management, Atlanta, GA SC National Bank, Columbia, SC Micheletti & Co., Milan, Italy Landmarks Group, Atlanta, GA Southeastern Freight Lines, Corporate Office Juki Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Koo Consulting Group, White Plains, NY Columbia College, Columbia, SC Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
First Union Bank, Atlanta, GA Alexandria Museum, Alexandria, LA Bell Communications, Philadelphia, PA South Carolina State Museum Providence Hospital, Columbia, SC Lizard’s Thicket, Columbia, SC Palmetto Conservation Foundation Planned Parenthood The White House Holiday Collection, Washington, DC Palmetto Health South Carolina Cancer Center, (Richland and Baptist Campus) Columbia, SC ZSK Stickmaschinen, Krefeld, Germany and Concord, NH
Exhibitions - Selected
My works have had the opportunity to be exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States and Europe.
Annually - Vista Studios Group Exhibitions, Every April - Artista Vista, Every November - Vista Lights, Columbia, SC
2014 - Volumes 2: Women Bound by Art, Curits R Harley Art Gallery, Spartanburg, SC, Volumes 2: Women Bound by Art, Columbia College, Columbia, SC, Ciclo Colorido: Where Two Worlds Touch – Darr-Hope & Ladymon, Frame of Mind, Columbia, SC, SCAC Verner Awards Exhibition and Sale, 701 Whaley, Columbia, SC, A Sense of Self, Anastasia & Friends Gallery, Columbia, SC
2013 - My Father’s House, Tapp’s Art Center Columbia, SC
2010 - Solo Exhibition, Benedict College, Columbia, SC