Biography

I launched my fine art appraisal practice in 1999, the same year I received accreditation through the International Society of Appraisers. 

Before becoming a fine art appraiser, I worked in several galleries, including at Francine Seders Gallery, a long time Seattle gallery with a tradition of showing artists affiliated with the University of Washington School of Art, including Jacob Lawrence. 

As a graduate student in art history at Hunter College of the City University of New York I was employed at Midtown Payson Galleries and DC Moore Gallery. Both galleries featured the work of mid-century Magic Realists, including Paul Cadmus, as well as a large stable of contemporary artists. After earning my master’s degree, I was hired by Donald Young Gallery as an assistant to video artist Gary Hill and later served as a research assistant for the catalogue raisonne published by the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg.

Between 2006 and 2011, I served as the Consulting Curator to the Abby Williams Hill Collection at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. 

In 2011, I relocated to Washington, DC and spent seven years serving as a fine art appraiser in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland. In the summer of 2018, I returned to Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.

Accreditation

I have been an accredited member of the International Society of Appraisers since 1999. I was a member and past president of the Northwest Chapter and I am currently a member of the National Capital Area Chapter. I completed my most recent ISA Requalification course in 2016 and my most recent USPAP update course in 2019. 

I am also a member of the International Art Market Association and the Northwest Chapter of ArtTable, a national leadership organization for women in the arts. 
My appraisals are prepared in conformity with and are subject to the current version of the International Society of Appraisers’ Appraisal Report Writing Standard and to the ISA Code of Ethics as well as the current version of The Appraisal Foundation’s Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).