Connie went to Mansfield University and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Studio Art in 1986 and a Master's Degree in Art Education in 1989. She taught Art for the Troy Area School District for 9 years and then resigned to spend more time on her art. She has maintained her own successful studio/gallery, Settlement House Fine Arts, for the past five years. Settlement House is located on historic Route 6 in Northern Pennsylvania, and has become a tourist destination. Her work has been well-received and is represented in galleries in Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Carolina, as well as on the internet. She has been invited to participate in the International Art Expo for the past four years and her prints are in collections all over the world. She is a board number of the Northern Tier Cultural Alliance and The Northern Tier Partnership for the Arts in Education. She has also served on committees to jury new members into the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, an organization that promotes the Arts in education through resident artist programs. She also promotes and markets the work of other Pennsylvania artisans in her gallery, including potters, basket-makers, weavers, carvers and more.

Her paintings are executed in watercolor and her style is what she calls Symbolic Still Life, although many of her paintings have elements of life in them. The paintings actually begin with a title conceived in Connie's head. She then spends time searching for the objects needed to illustrate the idea. Often she uses family heirlooms, but she scavenges friends' and families' homes for items to use as well. In return they get a free print. The objects are then arranged and rearranged until she gets the composition right and then the real work begins. An extremely detailed drawing of the setup including reflections and shadows is done. From there the process of painting begins. A painting will usually take 400 to 500 hours. The extensive amount of time involved in creating her original paintings led to the decision to sell only signed limited edition prints of her work. The originals are given to one of her children to assure that they stay in the family.

Connie believes that art should always have personal meaning to the artist to be considered a worthy statement. It may be a comical, sentimental or serious statement but the artist should have something to tell the viewer that inspires the viewer to think as well. Not all books are appreciated by all people and neither will all paintings be, but to the portion of the world that does relate to any single piece of art the statement was worth making.