I started out with a passion for painting. One of my teachers says if you can paint, you can paint anything, and I believe she is right. While learning and growing as an artist and painting a little of everything under the sun, I stumbled upon another phase of that passion when I painted my first cow.

I work from photographs that I take myself, so before I could paint a cow it was necessary to visit a dairy and photograph some. I fell for them completely, and enjoyed just being with them so much that I carried that feeling home with the photos and set out to translate it through my paintings.

I call my style 'painterly realism'.

Exhibitions
2005 East County Art Association "Masters of the Moment"
2006 Roswell Museum Art Center

Awards
2006 Roswell Fine Arts League "Honorable Mention"
2006 Roswell Fine Arts League "Sponsor Award"

Commissions
American Guernsey Association
Holstein World
California Milk Advisory Board (Painting the 'Happy Cows" of the Real California Cheese campaign)