Biography
Charlotte grew up in the Adirondack Park in Northern New York, surrounded by a landscape that was expansive, unpredictable, and deeply alive. Raised by parents who were both creatives and closely connected to the outdoors, she developed an early understanding of making as a way of paying attention—a way of building a relationship with the world around her.
She studied architecture in Vermont and went on to spend thirty years as an architect and planner, designing cultural, civic, and community spaces across the United States and internationally. Her work explored the relationship between people and place, considering how the environments we create are shaped by—and in turn shape—the landscapes that hold them.
Charlotte’s work as an artist continues this lifelong exploration through painting, drawing, and sculpture. Working with the human figure, she investigates the relationship between body and environment and the emotional experience of moving through the world. Her practice is rooted in memory, lived experience, and a deep connection to the natural landscapes that have shaped her life.
Nature remains a constant source of inquiry in her work—not as a subject to be observed from a distance, but as a place of connection, uncertainty, and transformation. Through her art, she explores the spaces where the external world and inner experience meet.
Charlotte is a member of Ten Studio, a cooperative studio based in Brooklyn.
Artist Statement
My work explores the human experience of navigating uncertainty through the relationship between the figure and the natural world. The figure serves as a threshold between interior and exterior worlds—a place where memory, emotion, and environment meet.
Working primarily in oil on linen and charcoal on paper, I depict solitary figures within environments shaped by memory, lived experience, and imagination. These spaces are not simply settings, but emotional and psychological terrains where vulnerability, connection, and transformation unfold.
I am interested in moments when we feel both connected to and separate from the world around us. The figure becomes a way to explore presence: how we inhabit a place, how we carry experience, and how the spaces around us shape our sense of self.
My background in architecture informs how I think about space, structure, edge, and material. In my paintings and drawings, the surface becomes an active part of the experience—areas of exposed linen or paper hold light and breath, while layers of pigment and mark create density and atmosphere.
Ultimately, my work considers what it means to move through uncertain terrain—both within the landscapes we inhabit and within ourselves.
Charlotte lives and works in New York City on the ancestral lands of the Lenape people, known as Lenapehoking.