This award was received alongside Valerie Debrule, owner of the Deblois Gallery in Newport, RI, and presented by former governor Michael Dukakis at the Boston State House. As part of my historical research and illustration work, I received the "Stand Strong Award" from the Anne Hutchinson Foundation in 2016. I have just completed writing and illustrating my first book, An Illuminated History of Rhode Island. I am now weaving my art, science and education backgrounds together. I have since relocated to Orange County, California, where my partner and I own a business, Artistick Alchemy. I was also a graduate assistant, teaching labs for several years, and then I unexpectedly won an assistantship in the URI education dept., so I stayed on for two more years after completing my Doctorate in Pharmacognosy ('05), and received a MA in Adult Education ('07). I became a natural product formulator, with a specialty in organic natural skincare, and with my own company, Apollo Herbs. My interests continued in studying medicinal plants after completing those degrees ('98), and I enrolled in the URI Pharmacy Department as a doctoral student in the field of pharmacognosy/natural product chemistry. The botanical taxonomy inspired me to double major in Classics. I was very interested in scientific and botanical illustration and loved the RISD Nature Lab, so I enrolled at University of Rhode Island and began pursuing a botany degree. I was just updating my RISD alumni information and I read about Visual Narratives that Inspire Change and saw the quote, "We’re looking for inspiration in the work of various artists who address the impact of human activity on nature.” This is exactly what I have been focusing on for the past several years, and what I pursued in higher education when I completed my RISD experience back in 1992. ![]() I am reaching out as a RISD alum of the Illustration department.
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