About Me

I’m painting a new series I’m calling The Living Land, my response to the way nature makes me feel wonderfully alive. I don’t intend to copy nature, but interpret its vitality and spirit through imagination and paint, going deeper into abstract shapes, light effects, and color transitions. “New Living Garden”, below, is a taste of this exciting exploration!

Painting is my response to the wonder of living in the West. Raised near Denver, the changing seasons in the Rockies feed my desire to embrace the richness of color in landscape. There is a deep power in color to tell stories, evoke feelings of mystery, joy or peace, and heighten the sense of drama. People have often told me they want to step into my paintings. I think it’s human nature to want to put themselves in that grand landscape, more intimate forest, or that imagined village. I’m hoping to activate the viewer’s imagination.

My travels, beginning as a 20 year old, have inspired and added to my memory bank. After my early years as an illustrator, I decided to return to college as a 29 year old art student and earn my BFA. I developed a passion for mixing color. Now, 40 years later, I often save my mixed colors when the disposable oil palettes are dry.

Before I moved to New Mexico from Colorado, I honed my skills with workshops in Taos and Santa Fe over the years. I moved to Santa Fe in 2018, and now paint full time, showing my work in galleries and exhibitions. The West continues to provide real experiences, and using imagination and color I tell new stories about what our world is and could be.