After Swimming - 2009 - Oil on wood panel - 9'x12" Woman with Fan No.1 - 2009 - Oil on wood panel - 9"x12" Woman with Fan No.5 - 2008 - Oil on wood panel - 11"x14" Woman with Fan No. 6 - 2008 - Oil on wood panel - 11"x14" Nude with fan No. 3 - 2008 - Gouache on paper - 18"x13" Children's Room with Table No. 4 - 2008 - Gouache on paper - 14'x16" Children's Room with Figure - 2008 - gouache on paper - 14'x16" Figure Drawing No.6 - 2009 - Charcoal on paper - 19 1/2'x25 1/2" Figure Drawing - 2008 - Charcoal on paper - 25'x20"

Artist Bio
Education
The Cooper Union, New York, New York. BFA in Painting and Printmaking. 1965
Provincetown Workshop, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Scholarships. 1965 and 1966
Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York. Studio course Painting with Paper Pulp. 1994
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut. Studio courses in painting and drawing. 1995-97
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Studio course Working with Color, Richard Lytle,
Instructor. 1997
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Studio course
The Figure as Subject, Hanneline Rogeberg, Visiting Artist. 2000 and 2001. Studio courses with
Robert Henry, 2002, Gerry Bergstein, 2003, Selina Trieff, 2004, Marjorie Portnow, 2005, visiting artists.

Professional Experience and Teaching
Graphic Designer, New Haven, Connecticut
Principal, Deirdre Schiffer Graphic Design, Inc., Branford, Connecticut
Instructor, Graphic Design, Paier School of Art, Hamden, Connecticut
Instructor, Graphic Design, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut
Fellowships and Awards
Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York. Full fellowship. February 1994
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont. Partial fellowship. April 1998
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont. Partial fellowship. April 1999
Juror's Award. Contemporary Painting, A National Competition. Andrew Forge: Juror
Erector Square, New Haven, Connecticut. 1999
Second Place Award. 24th Annual Art on Paper Exhibition. David C. Levy: Juror
The Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland. 2001

Group Exhibitions
The Portrait, A Juried Exhibition of Portraits. Daniel Greene, Juror
The Brush and Palette Club of New Haven,
The John Slade Ely House, New Haven, Connecticut. 2008
Painting as Presence, A National Exhibition. William Bailey, Juror
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut. 2008
Black +White and Red Upstairs. Invitational Show, The John Slade Ely House,
Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, Connecticut. 2007
Radius. Emerging Artists from Connecticut and Southeastern New York
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and the Ridgefield Guild of Artists
Ridgefield, Connecticut. 2006
25th National Print Exhibition 2006. Kathy Caraccio, Juror
Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut. 2006
Particular Places. Bernard Chaet, Juror
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut. 2006
Group Exhibitions continued
24th National Print Exhibition 2003. Joni Moisant Weyl, Juror
Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut. 2003
The Portrait, Second Annual Juried Exhibition. The Brush and Palette Club of New Haven,
The John Slade Ely House, New Haven, Connecticut. 2002
Works on Paper. Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut. 2002
City-Wide Open Studios. A Program of Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut. 2001 through 2007
24th Annual Art on Paper Exhibition. David C. Levy, Juror
The Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland. 2001
2000 National Competition. Provincetown Art Association and Museum,
Provincetown, Massachusetts. 2000
Contemporary Painting, A National Competition. Andrew Forge, Juror
Erector Square, New Haven, Connecticut. 1999
96th Annual Juried Art Exhibition. The New Haven Paint and Clay Club, Inc.,
The John Slade Ely House, New Haven, Connecticut. 1997
A Large Show of Small Works. Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery, The Cooper Union,
New York, New York. 1996
Womens Work. Meyerson Hall Lower Gallery, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1995