Sally was born in Beloit, Wisconsin and moved to Winnetka, IL, a suburb of Chicago when she was seven years old. Growing up on the shores of lake Mi chigan and spending summers at camp in Michigan on an inland lake gave her a deep appreciation for nature, the outdoors and its unending landscape. Her in terest in painting was cultivated during high school with class work, and contin ued while enrolled at The Art Institute of Chicago during summers. Sally contin ued her painting practice in college at The University of Arizona completing her BFA degree. Today, Sally paints with watercolor and gouache and cherishes the connection she has with nature and the outdoors. She continually is evolving as an artist. Her abstracted landscapes, use broad swaths of color and many times non rep resentational colors and shapes. Sally paints in her studio in Winnetka and in her summer studio in Northern Mi chigan. At times she paints en plain air. She has participated in both group shows and solo shows. She is an active member of three art centers and is a member of The Leelanau Women Artists, and Art Makers North. Artist StatementColor wets my appetite to paint. Lively colors amid a field of flowers and the light cast over gardens and landscapes inspires me. This inspiration also comes from childhood memories spent in the outdoors on lakes, beaches and farms. Today in my painting practice, I work on ‘composed landscapes’ in nature from memory, imagination, and photos in the studio. I use watercolor and gouache (an opaque water based paint) to recreate landscapes with the help of emotion provoked in me. I simplify the composition into broad zones or swaths of intensified color. This, I believe, results in abstractions of nature and gives the landscape distinctive character.