Madeline has been drawing, painting, potting, and photographing all of her life, but it was not until she and her husband bought a summer home in Maine in 1990 that she began her serious interest in and study of watercolor. She enjoys the challenges and surprises that watercolor brings, as well as the freshness and transparency of the medium and the white of the paper.

     She has studied with Frank Webb, Skip Lawrence, Judy Wagner, Tony Couch, Jean Grastorf, Linda Doll, Carolyn Gawarecki, Ted Nuttall, Janet and Steve Rogers, Jean Uhl Spicer, Jane Paul Angelhart, and David Daniels. She paints in a traditional watercolor manner, relying on the transparency of the paint and the white of the paper to create the luminosity that she seeks. She delights in the surprises that come with watercolor, and loves to experiment with glazing and pouring. She enjoys both plein air (outdoor) and studio painting, and her favorite subjects run the gamut from Maine landscapes to informal children's portraits.

     Madeline is a Signature Member of both the Baltimore Watercolor Society (BWS) and Potomac Valley Watercolorists, and was a founding member of Gallery 302 in Bridgton, Maine. She exhibits both in Maryland in Maine, and her work is in many private collections.

     Her numerous awards include "Best in Show" at the Western Maine Art Group Show in 2001, and Second Place for Painting and Photography at the 2007 Art in the Park. In 2005 she was chosen to design the t-shirt for Bridgton's Four on the Fourth Run. Her painting Cheers! was accepted into the prestigious BWS Mid-Atlantic Show in 2009, and her graphic, Summer in Bridgton, was voted to represent the area's 2009 Art in the Park on all posters, t-shirts, and advertising.

     In July 2011, she won Second Place at the Annual Bridgton Art in the Park Show, and in the fall of 2011 she will have a major exhibition of florals and landscapes at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, MD.