Biography

Known for her vibrant, richly colored landscapes and her abstracts that evoke the moods of nature, Addie’ s style is both free flowing and imaginative, charged with spontaneity and energy. Her landscapes are meditations on the subtler aspects of nature and the seductive power of light, color and texture. She works in a variety of media including dyes on silk, pastels, oils , acrylics and photography. Her fascination with color and all its nuances is a driving force for her work.

“Ever since I was young I have been intrigued by the changing atmosphere-the subtle shifts of color from the first light of dawn to the fiery glow of dusk. While these moments are fleeting, the emotional impact they create linger on. In my work I try to capture these moments.”

Born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Addie graduated from Chestnut Hill College with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Art. She had all intentions of pursuing a career in art therapy but took a slight detour and ended up in the field of photography. She attended the Antonelli School of Photography for two years specializing in commercial photography and then worked for several different studios including the Seymour Mednick Studio in Philadelphia and a printing house in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Since photography, Addie has pursued careers in real estate, industrial sales, and was co-manager of a mortgage company. Longing for something more creative, she was introduced to the art of silk painting while attending a national art show.

“Initially, it was color that first attracted me to this medium-vibrant, sensuous color with a luster and radiance all its own. No other medium boasts a nature quite so ethereal as that of silk. This lustrous substance provides a canvas where fluidity and movement are the hallmarks.”

She has been painting on silk for the last 14 years. In 1992, she exhibited for the first time with the Bucks County Guild of Craftsmen concentrating mainly on wearable silks. The following year she was juried into the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen. Since that time she has focused mainly on fine art shows, such as Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show, Immaculata University Art Show, and Phillips Mill Art Show. She exhibits regularly at many of the area’s juried and non-juried shows. Her work has been selected at over 59 open juried shows and she has won more than 38 awards for her work including the American Artist Magazine Award for the Northeast Watercolor Society and the American Framing Award for the Philadelphia Watercolor Society’s 102nd Anniversary Show.

Addie enjoys the challenge of working in a variety of media. For her, painting is a process of discovery-a willingness to take chances and explore what each medium has to offer.

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Education

Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA - B.A. Psychology, Art Minor

Antonelli School of Photography, Philadelphia, PA -Graduated with emphasis on Commercial Photography

Selected Awards

Doylestown Art League-Members Juried Show-May 2004-1st Place Oils

Greater Norristown Art League-Members Show-November 2003-1st Place

Philadelphia Watercolor Society-102nd Anniversary Show-September 2002-American Framing Award

Doylestown Art League, Doylestown Hospital-November 2002-3rd Place

Mathers Mill-Open Juried Show -June 2002-Honorable Mention

North Penn Art Alliance-April 2002-North Penn Art Award for Originality in 2-Dimentional Media

Lansdale Art Festival-August 2001, 2000, 1998-1st Place Watercolor

NOVA Show, Doylestown, PA -November 2000 -Award for Best Work (Wearables)

Hill School- Open Juried Show-November 2003 + 2002 Honorable Mention, Nov. 2001-3rd Place-Photography November 2000-2nd Place-Photography, November 1999-1st Place Photography

North Penn Art Alliance-Open Juried Show-April 2000-Pro Slide Award for Photography

Chester County Art Association- Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture Show- September 2002-Honorable Mention

February 2000 -2nd Place-Photography

Chester County Art Association-Watermedia 2000-Open Juried Show-3rd Place

Northeast Watercolor Society-November 1999-American Artist Magazine Award

Greater Norristown Art League-Members Annual Fall Show 2003, -Lois Rapp Memorial Award

Open Juried Show 1998-Best of Show, 1997-Board of Directors Award for Creativity, 1996-2nd Place

Doylestown Art League-Members Show- 2003-Honorable Mention, 2002- Honorable Mention, 1998-2nd Place

Lake Powell Art Association, Page, Arizona-National Open Juried Show-November 1997-2nd Place

Selected Exhibitions

The Upstairs Gallery-Peddler's Village, Lahaska, PA-"Mood Swings" Show (featured artist)-September 2004

The Purple Rose Gallery of Fine Art-Lansdale, PA-September-October 2004

Coryell Gallery-Lambertville, NJ-24th Annual Historical Society Show-February 2004

Sabine Rose Gallery-Exhibition of Women Artists-Invitational- October 2003,

“Abstract Beaute”-January 2003

“Petits Tresors” Show -December 2003 , June 2003

Greater Norristown Art League-”Not too Big, Not too Small, Just Right”-3 person show-December 2003

Chester County Art Association-West Chester, PA-Abstract/Non-Representational Show-January 200

All Media Show-February 2004

“Invitational Exhibition”-October 2003

Watercolor Show -Open Juried-January 2004, 2000,1999

Hardcastle Gallery-Wilmington, DE-University Of Delaware, Goodstay Center-October 2003

The Peggy Lewis Gallery-Lambertville, NJ-”Moods of Nature”-March 2003-April 2003-Solo Exhibition

Montgomery County Community College, PVAC-Members Show-June 2003

Toro Gallery- Huntingdon Valley, PA -January-February 2003

Philadelphia Sketch Club-Members Show-Newman Galleries-June 2002

”Works on Paper”-Open Juried-October 2002

“Watercolor 2000”-Open Juried-November 2000

Philadelphia Watercolor Society-102nd Anniversary Show-Noyes Museum-September 2002

Atlantic City Art Center-Members’ Juried Show-May 2002

Artsbridge-Lambertville, NJ-Group Show-September 2002

Immaculata Art Show-February 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998

Lower Makefield Performing Arts-Yardley, PA - October 2003, October 2001-Solo Exhibition

Art Of The State-Pennsylvania 2000- State Museum, Harrisburg, PA-July 2000

Perkiomen Valley Art Center-Open Juried- April 2002, 2000

Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA - Open Juried Show-February 2000

Hill School-Open Juried Show-November 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999

Northeast Watercolor Society-Kent, Conn. -Open Juried Show-November 1999

Louisa Melrose Gallery- Buckingham, PA -Open Juried Show- September 2001, 2000, 1999

North Penn Art Alliance-Lansdale, PA -Open Juried Show- April 2005, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, May 2001, 2000

Prallsville Mill, Stockton, NJ-Open Juried- April 2000, June 1999

NOVA Show-Doylestown, PA-October-November 2005, 2004, 2003 , 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996

Phillips Mill Art Exhibition, New Hope, PA -September 2003. 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995

Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Annual-June 2006, 2005 , 2004, 2003 ,2002. 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995

ARC of Chester County-Chester County Art Association-November 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999

Lansdale Art Festival-August 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997

Lake Powell Art Association, Page, Arizona-National Open Juried Show-November 1997

Yellow Springs Fine Art Show-April 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996

Philips Mill Photographic Exhibition, New Hope, PA -May 2000, 1996- Open Juried

Stover Mill Gallery, Erwinna, PA -June 1997,July 1996

Tinicum Arts Festival- July 2003, 1998, 1997, 1996

Greater Norristown Art League-Open Juried- May 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998,1997, 1996

Upstairs Gallery, Peddler’s Village, Lahaska, PA -1994 to present



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