I have always been fascinated by color. As a child, I loved crayola crayons (especially the big box), and colorful cartoons. My mother taught oil painting to the neighborhood kids, and I was an eager pupil, but never considered it as a career. It wasn't until I was an adult that I started studying watercolors. I found it both exhilirating and frustrating. The way the paint flowed and the colors melded together excited me, but it took me many years of workshops and classes to learn how to control it.  

     I prefer to paint with transparent watercolors in a vibrant expressive yet somewhat representational manner. I rarely if ever use black or white, prefering to mix my darks and allowing the white of the paper to show through for my whites. My favorite subjects are landscapes and florals.

     Living on the shore, my paintings will quite often contain boats, water, marshes and beaches. I love a good sunset, and find myself continually wanting to express them. I also travel to the tropics often, and enjoy depicting the character of different types of palm trees. My florals are most often living growing flowers rather then ones in vases.

     I am a member of the Art League of Ocean City, which I am currently serving as president. I am also a member of the Bethany Beach Watercolor Society, the Worcester County Arts Council, and the Rehoboth Art League.