As a young child, I lived on a small farm that had a wooded area in a rear corner. I loved the play of the light on the grass, the leaves and trunks of trees, and on the nearby shrubs. When I began painting en plein air, that love for nature came back to me. I love doing hand painted, colorful, somewhat abstract, contemporary oil paintings because the colors are bright and fun. I use oil colors for my paintings because the colors will not fade and allow me to create beautiful original colors that are able to capture the emotion of the landscape and transfer it to the canvas for you to experience and enjoy. I take my easel to a location - the park, the ocean, the mountains, or the field - and set up and paint in the sun, wind, rain, and insects. In the words of the poet, "no matter whether you have sunburn, bug bites, lost your brush, or spilled your paint, you've still had a good day."
“Randell Research Center”
“Turtle Island III”
“Old Soldiers”
