ABOUT

I began painting in 2008 after a vacation with my family in Kauai. Taking photos of the plants and flowers there made me want to paint them. So I began working in transparent watercolor after completing a workshop with artist Rikki Reinholz. In 2019 while I was in deep bereavement following the death of our beloved son Tom, I found Pamela Coughey on YouTube and fell in love with her work and her approach to painting. I enrolled in her on-line workshop and began working in oil and cold wax medium. I also completed Rebecca Crowell and Jerry McLaughlin's on-line workshop. In 2022 and 2023, I had the opportunity to study with artist Chris Wright of Pratt Institute. My work is focused primarily on nonrepresentational painting in oil and cold wax medium. My paintings can be found in private collections in New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, Lake Como, and San Diego. I continue to take lots of pictures, and I play with collage which is great fun but harder than it looks. I experiment with color and texture, and I never know where I'm going until I get there. And that brings me joy and has helped me remain mostly sane through my grief and loss as has my husband Eric, daughter Hannah, son Zach, son-in-law Sam, and brand new granddaughter, Scarlett Rose. Yippee! I'm a grandmother!