As a youngster, Beth gripped the pencil tight while working to replicate the face of Charlie Brown from the daily comic strip. In fifth grade she was reprimanded by her teacher for drawing detailed flowers in the margins of her math test but not leaving enough time to complete the quiz. As art continued to draw Beth in, she attended college in Minneapolis and earned a BFA in Studio Arts, and a BS in psychology. She then moved to San Francisco for a decade of work as a graphic designer for a variety of publications, corporate projects, and album covers.

When Beth’s first daughter was born, she and her husband moved to the midwest to raise their family. Beth returned to school for a Master’s degree and worked for many years as a psychotherapist. And then one day during the Covid-19 shutdown, Beth rediscovered painting. This stopped Beth in her tracks. She took an early retirement to paint full time.

With a passion for visual arts and a curiosity regarding what makes people tick, it’s not a surprise that Beth’s paintings often show people in their environment. She is drawn to what the face and body mask and as well as reveal. Beth is curious about other’s narratives, about how humans interact with their surroundings, about the intersection of one’s inner world with the complexities of the outer world. Beth also delights in the natural world, and in observing nature’s transitions through the four seasons of her home in Wisconsin. Beth invites viewers to search beneath the textured surfaces and layered history of the painting to uncover what lies within.