Juried Member of EBSQ+
Primarily a self-taught artist, I have been painting professionally on and off for over 30 years. Studied under some wonderful professional artists, and have taken workshops that I thoroughly enjoyed. In Massachusetts and Connecticut I had a private teaching art studio, my students learned drawing, shading, perspective and all the basics needed for painting. I taught oils, acrylics and pastels from beginner level to advanced at all age levels. I also taught art for the adult evening class at Pittsburgh Community College.
The love of my life is painting! My favorite subjects are portraits, seascapes, still lifes, fantasy art and cats, and sometimes landscapes. I absolutely LOVE doing miniatures even though sometimes they take as long as a larger painting. I look at everything I see as a possible subject for painting, and when I pick something I paint the "essence and deeper quality" of that subject. There is something spiritual about creating a painting, I believe that painting is expressing one's inner creative light. My muse has been quite active lately.
Originally from New Zealand, I have lived in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Colorado, Pennsylvania and have now come back to New England and settled in Winthrop, Massachusetts. I became an American Citizen and proud to be one. I have travelled internationally a lot over the years and enjoyed every minute of it.
My paintings are enjoying their homes throughout the United States, New Zealand, Canada and the UK.
Enjoy browsing and looking through my eyes at the beauty I see around me and in my imagination.
