Following a bout with the Big C over 10 years ago, I began to see the world in vivid COLOR! Having always been a creative soul, but one who held back, I realized that I had nothing to lose. Never too far from my consciousness is the awareness that life is fleeting and that the moment is NOW. It is this wisdom that fuels the fantastic working groove from which my paintings emerge.

In the last several years, I have loved playing in the realm of the abstract using oil, oil crayon, and cold wax medium. Every color in the spectrum makes an appearance on the surface. Scratching and drawing back in to the paint gives the work extra dimension. I can't get enough of this process!

In addition, I am still working on my acrylic "family" paintings! Creating quirky, folky images illustrating the culture and folk from around the US has been a cornerstone of my work for over 10 years! Celebrations of gratefulness, clarity, color, compassion, music, spiritual journeys, life, and death give these paintings their spark and timelessness.