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. To this sentiment she is currently developing an abstract series based on estuaries and waterways of Rhode Island.

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

Bernadette has had a successul career as a designer and illustrator. Her interest in book creating, designing and publishing; especially for niche topics including youthful imagination, the natural world, geometries, myth, mystical and meditational reference are evident in her paintings and drawings.

She also teaches yoga and and watercolor privately and at local museums and art centers in New England since 2010. She has been an art advisor at Barrington Senior Center and Art Volunteer for Barrington Village which demonstrates her commitment to community engagement and arts appreciation. As a grant recipient, she presented Yoga & Art: a 3 day workshop at State University College at Buffalo.

She published 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. 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 2024.

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