Painting is my way of trying to pay witness to life and the world around me, in all its extraordinary-ordinary beauty, natural patterns, and quiet, ever-changing drama. Much of my painting is "en plein air", developed from smaller sketches and studies, or in-studio still life setups.  I believe direct observation informs and enlivens a painting more than is possible than painting from photographs.  I am attracted to the illusion of creating a sense of space and place from colorful goo, that sense of something from nothing, that capturing of a moment in time that will pass away, as all things do. This is how I see the world.

I have always been involved in making art in one way or another.  After attending art school in London, England, I pursued a path in ceramics, working at potteries in Germany, Washington, D.C., and San Rafael, California, doing both production pottery and handbuilt sculptural pieces. I had a 35 year career as an interior architect, and when I started my own business I set aside a day a week to attend painting classes. I studied with well-known painters Michael Francis, Susan Abbott, Danni Dawson, Susan Herron, Bernard Dellario, and others. There’s always a sketchbook with me when I travel, and watercolor sketching around town is a wonderful way to record and experience one’s environment, whether at home or abroad.

I currently live in Ridgewood, Queens, New York

My paintings are in a number of private collections, and have been featured in the following juried shows:

Plein Air Watercolor Painters of Santa Fe, Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM, October 2022

Solo show at Joe’s Dining, Santa Fe, NM, January – June 2018

The La Cienega Studio Tour, La Cienega, NM, November 2013 and November 2014

The Kentlands Mansion Gallery, Gaithersburg, MD, October 2010

The Olney Art Association at Woodlawn Manor, Sandy Spring, MD, May 2010