I didn’t always draw and paint.  It began around the 4^th grade.  My best friend had an older sister.   She was planning to be a fashion designer.  We would sit as she sketched wonderful, lanky well-dressed figures twisted in strangely unnatural poses.  Everyone would “ooh” and “ahh”.  It was the praise that got me.  I began to draw and paint that year.  The subjects were almost exclusively figure. 

Art became the focus of my education.  I spent as many hours as allowed in art class.  I began to realize that color, not subject was what fascinated me most.  Over the years I’ve developed relationships with watercolor, pastels, gouache, oil pastels and oil paint.  Color remains the mystery and the reward.

Some years back I became associated with 2 online galleries. It has been amazing how small the internet makes the world. I have paintings in countries I never dreamed of. I am still active with one of the galleries and continue to enjoy that relationship.

At this juncture my work is heavily weighted to portraiture.  I guess in some ways it has come full circle.  The human face and figure hold more intrigue than almost any other subject.