I grew up in Boothbay Harbor, Maine and am the daughter of florists. After graduating from the University of Maine I was an artist in residence at the Maine Correctional Center where I created an art program for men and women incarcerated. I have lived on Deer Isle for over thirty years. I am a helpline volunteer for Next Step which is a member organization of the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence. For the last six years I have been printing my DEFENDROE design on articles of clothing to help support reproductive rights and abortion justice. I play keyboard in a rock band. I am the mother of two sons. I trying to make sense of the world around me.
photo credit: Lauryn Hotlinger
Art critic and writer Carl Little has written, "Webster's awareness of the preciousness of time on earth heightens both her personal sense of existence and the art she creates. Even as she acknowledges a 'certain darkness, mystery, the unknown', she celebrates life"
Art critic Philip Isaacson wrote that her prints, "...have the formal complexity and, often, the chromatic depth of oriental rugs. There is invention, verve, gorgeous color and continuous freshness....
ARTICLE: Studio International