Born in Buffalo New York, Bernadette is aware of the long term measures to restore Lake Erie assisting in sustaining the Lake and it’s wildlife. Now a healthier Lake Erie flows through to Niagara River as it charges over Niagara Falls, a true and natural wonder of the world.

She holds a degree from Buffalo State College in Graphic Design, earned a Master degree in Illustration from Syracuse University and recently received her Oil Painting certificate from Rhode Island School of Design.

Bernadette has had a successful career as a designer and illustrator. Her body of work includes painting and drawing. Reflected in book art creation, design and publishing with a specialty in youthful imagination, the natural world geometries, myth, mystical and meditational reference.

She also teaches watercolor, drawing and yoga privately and at local museums and art centers in New England since 2010.

As an art advisor at Barrington Senior Center and Art Volunteer for Barrington Village, she demonstrates her commitment to the arts in community engagement.

Being a grant recipient at State University College at Buffalo, she presented Yoga & Art: a 3 day workshop.

Her publications include: the book “Sadie’s Sojourn” (1987) which is a combination of graphite drawings and poem which describes the quality of a dreamstate. Her published illustrations can be seen in the book, “The Sacred Circle of Geometry and Symbol” (2003) by Lorena Loo. Her interest in indigenous practices lead her to publish and implement “Ancient Ways (2004) a 10 week childrens’ program assisting children to experience ceremony through nature. She also published the woven book art, “Hildegard of Bingen” (2016) while attending an internship at AS220, an artistic think tank FabLab associated with MIT. Additionally, she illustrated a poem published in “Rambling Rymes” by Teagan Cook (2017). She published an expressive personal account in “A River Runs between Us” (2018). “Hildegard”, the chapbook is currently in production for 2025.

In an article entitled “Deep Water”, featured in American Watercolor Magazine (1997) Bernadette is cited as an Experimental watercolorist. Bernadette has exhibited in shows in Florida, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island.