I was able to combine a long held interest in watercolor painting with my current interest in gardening.  At that time I was fascinated with flowers and I painted them.  Iris.  Most of my friends have them hanging somewhere in their homes.  I painted lots of them and began to wonder how I ever had time to work!  You can see some of my original works in Art For Sale.

I have been painting for seven years now, and the thrill of putting paint to paper is still just as exciting to me as it was the first time.  My subject interest continues to evolve and recently I have focused on African and South American subjects.  Take a look at Recent Work.

I work mainly from photographs and do commissioned paintings for clients from their old family photos.  These I call Just for you.  (These works have become popular gift items.)  I also am working en Plein Air in oil. These small landscapes are done on site to capture the mood and light of the natural scene.

Like many artists,  I am mainly self taught, working in my home studio and experimenting with what looks pleasing to me and what I think will be pleasing to you.  Of course, there are wonderful art books and workshops to expand the reach of an artist.  I list Homer Hacker and Craig Srebnik as two artists I admire and with whom I have attended workshops, and now I teach watercolor classes in my home studio.

I am a member of The Wassenberg Art Center, Van Wert, Ohio, The Ohio Watercolor Society, The Visual Arts Network, Lima, Ohio, and past President of The West Central Ohio Art League, Celina, Ohio.  I have received many awards for my work and my paintings hang in many homes and commercial settings.  I was a Featured Artist in the 2007-08 Fall-Winter edition of Art-to-Art Palette and a Featured  Artist at Gallery 510, in the Historic Oregon District, Dayton, Ohio in June of 2008.