I cannot remember a time when art was not near the front of my consciousness. My mother is a painter, and we always had art happening in our household. In college I fulfilled the requirements for both studio and art history. I then worked for 20 years as a museum educator and arts administrator, learning about world art and how it has played a part in human history. I am committed to the notion that art is a form of communication that makes us human. Since the dawn of time, we have communicated the beauty and challenges of our environments in visual terms.

About 12 years ago I started working seriously on landscapes in oil. I begin most of my paintings with brushy sketches. I underpaint my surfaces with orange or purple to provide unexpected color combinations in my paintings, and to enrich the layers of color painted on top. I often work in series, doing three or four pieces in succession exploring the same motif. I like using a lot of strong brushwork in my paintings, and in some cases the brushstrokes become a part of the subject matter for me. I enjoy the tactile qualities of paint, and prefer working on very smooth surfaces, such as gessoed board.