Her work as a silhouettist was featured in 2005 on Maine's major Portland TV network, WGME. She has cut silhouettes at diverse venues throughout New England including the Maine Historical Society in Portland and the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland.

Ruth welcomes portrait commissions in pastel, oil, charcoal, and conte. She strives for portraits that not only achieve an excellent likeness, but capture the spark of the individual's personality and spirit, whether the subject be a small child or a grandparent.

She finds painting children a particular joy, especially capturing candid moments in time in a child's life. With children, she works primarily from photographs, many from her own photo shoots. Subjects are often painted at play, exploring, or resting, or interacting with a parent or a pet..

The artist adds, "With my own children grown, I appreciate how fleeting and precious childhood is. There is a quality of total absorption I see in children that I love to portray. I particularly like painting subjects outdoors, surrounded by nature and bathed in sunshine. Like the impressionist painters who have always been my inspiration, I find the effects of light and shadow fascinating and moving."

The artist additionally welcomes the special challenge of posthumous portraiture, adding, "Since 1980, when I was asked to paint a 14-year-old boy who had died, I have had the honor of being selected to paint numerous lost loved ones. I've always found that the happiness and comfort such a painting can give to the family is extremely rewarding. I learn as much as I can about the deceased, and work from one or numerous photos to capture the subject as fully as possible."

Here are excerpts from client letters she has received:

"From the bottom of my heart -thank you! You have captured the caring, the smile, the sensuousness, the grace, the love of my soul mate. Some people paint for a living - you are truly an artist. Love and God Bless."- M.H., Casco, ME