I attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, afterwards the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfiled Hills, Michigan.

I have always been fascinated by the power of color to create a visual play by association of pattern, harmony and rhythm.  The tools I use are a combination of techniques including painting, printmaking and drawing.I have had the good fortune to travel and live in different cultures.

At a certain time I wished to leave the solitude of working in my studio.  I decided to explore painting with oils outdoors. Being in nature with all of my senses awakened, I burst open using colors that vibrate with my happiness. The rich colors of the oils spurred me to work spontaneously, without hesitation. I lived in France at that time and created a series of landscapes based upon the views that I found in the outskirts of Paris, France.

The powerful river Marne, trees, forests or a quiet pond gave me inspiration. Re-reading my paintings, absent of human form, made me once again question my solitude.  I decided to draw after the human model.  The beauty of a three dimensional subject, a human with all their expression made me anxious to work with this new freedom.  I continue to alternate between figurative and abstract in my work with drawing, oils and printmaking. 

 My art studio is currently in the West Adams district of Los Angeles.

Telephone  805-689-0060

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