I first began painting in my 20s at the Art League of Alexandria, VA, and have been involved in the visual arts since—throughout a communications career in Washington, DC, motherhood, and living on the West Coast for a number of years.  My earliest paintings were plein air landscapes, painted on site in beautiful places that inspired me in Virginia, California and France.

The study of art has been a lifelong endeavor through museums, college classes, and workshops.  I have studied the painting techniques of the Old Masters at the college level and painted still life, landscapes and portraits in that style.  I have also created paintings using only pure color and palette knife in the style of Claude Monet and have had fun working with conceptual art and minimalism. While all these methods inform my painting and while I love to paint in these styles as well, I suppose I currently see myself as an “expressionistic” painter.

Painting allows me to let my intuition run free while I strive for mastery of the materials and tools of the artist in expression.  With color, value, line, surface and composition, I work to create both movement and balance—an easy flow that encompasses a central focus. I begin a painting with an idea. I let the painting tell me when it is finished.

My paintings can be seen in Alexandria at the Torpedo Factory in The Art League Gallery and the Bin Gallery; and at Alexandria City Hall and the Montebello Community Center.