About the Artist

I have been drawing, painting and writing ever since I was in 9th grade.  My dad's aunt Jo
was an artist and I remember visiting her in her small apartment.  Everywhere you looked
there were small watercolor painting.  Perhaps my early passion for painting came from her inspiration.  
I have always been very shy and introverted.  In school my favorite class was art.  I was not the best
artist but I was the most prolific.  Later I took drawing and painting classes at the Tacoma Community
College.  My teacher Mr. Don Tracy was wonderfully challenging to this young artist.  I have
been painting and writing for thirty years and now want to give my talent back tot he world.  I am
now selling Giclee prints of my paintings plus their corresponding poems.  My subject matter
is wide and endearing.

"Born to fly, I have always used the media of painting to get there. Born in the Pacific Northwest
where the air is fresh and the color is breath taking.  I present a new way to look at the world
through color, line and poetry.  Self-taught and always launching into new statements of old
subjects, I bring you along on my journey into the heavens.

I paint with my emotions and my heart, following the creator within.  My work is bold and yet gentle.
Peaceful and yet strong.  I paint slowly so the colors tell me the way to go.  Many of my paintings
paint themselves as I sit quietly and listen."