ART by NTM
My Story
I started my career in pathology, researching estrogen and progesterone receptors in breast cancer. I published several articles about this, leading to the development of aromatase inhibitors. I am board-certified in Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Care. I worked on my art on the side but took an art break from 2013 to 2019 to move back to Kansas City and help care for my aging mother. I worked as an academic hospitalist at Truman Medical Center, retiring in 2019. In 2018, I developed a course for the humanities department on Art and Medicine and taught four-month-long classes for credit. In 2019, I retired to be a full-time Creative.
When I began showing my art in 2000, my focus was on the landscape and medical/biological images on silk or complex cloth. Biology is always an inspiration and the basis of my newest work on diatomes.
As far as my work and education in the arts, I have taken various workshops throughout the years on drawing, landscape painting, pastel painting, silk painting, and fabric arts. I have also taken classes at Washburn University, the Bemis Art Center in Colorado Springs, CO, and the Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, MO. I completed an intensive three-year training in fabric arts with Jane Dunnewald in San Antonio, TX.
Art & Medical Brief CV
Education
BA in biology and chemistry at Washburn University, 1976. MD from Kansas University Medical Center, 1979. Residency in Internal Medicine from Harrisburg Hospital, 1983. Board Certified in Internal Medicine Program
Medical Career
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Rural health practice, Weeping Water, NE with NHS
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HMO practice with Pike's Peak HealthcareColorado Springs, CO
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Group practice in Kansas City, MO, and Lee's Summit, Mo. Out-patient, in-patient, long-term, & hospice
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Indian Health Service at the Mescalero NM Indian Reservation
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Locum Tenens, Long Term Acute Care, Boston, MA
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Hospitalist at community hospitals and academic centers (credentialed in 17 hospitals during my career)
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I organized a group of physicians to help the people of Honduras after Hurricane Mitch.
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Assistant Professor at Kansas University Medical Center (1999 - 2001): taught geriatrics, was Medical Director of Manor Care (a long-term care facility), and Director of outpatient services.
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Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine (2013 - 2019): taught Hospital Medicine and palliative and end-of-life care.
Juried Group Exhibitions
I have had art work accepted into several juried shows in Cape Cod, MA and KCMO.
Solo Art
Exhibitions
Recent Exhibitions
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Kansas City Art Coalition, "Common Threads," group show of textile art, July - September 2026
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Buttonwood Juried Show, "Rainbow," April - June 2006
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Animal Eyes, Turtle Shells and Diatoms, Second Presbyterian Church, February - April 2026, and at the Community Christian Church July - September 2004.
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Ghost Ranch Landscapes, Pastel and Oil Paintings, Second Presbyterian Church, Jan-Feb 2023
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Woods Hole Library, Cape Cod, Exhibit of Diatom Art, Sept-Oct 2023
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Envision Art Gallery, “Art and Science Intertwined,” Jan-Mar 2024, Wichita, KS
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Vision Quest: Journey of Seeing , in silk paintings and complex cloth, Park University, Aug-Nov 2022
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Ghost Ranch Landscapes, Pastel and Oil Paintings, Second Presbyterian Church, Jan-Feb 2023
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Woods Hole Library, Exhibit of Diatom Art, Sept-Oct 2023