I have explored creative outlets since childhood...dance, piano, cello, doll making and more... but did not find my true love in art until September of 2009, at nearly 42 years of age, when out of boredom I drew a picture of a chair in my living room with my grown son's old Crayola colored pencils. I was so elated with the result that I went out the very next day and bought a quality set of colored pencils and I drew anything and everything I could think of for the next two months. I felt like I had tapped into a part of my brain that had never been used before. Then one winter night at a friend's house, she suggested we paint something. I have been painting ever since. The inspiration for my art work is drawn from a vast mix of imagination, emotion, life travels, family, friends, and every day scenes and places that catch my attention. A funny expression, an old photo, a beautiful building, a quaint cafe, a mother leading her children, grief and loss and joy, or even the color of my morning coffee...these are all the things I love to capture in my paintings. I hope my work brings you joy and causes you to look more closely at the beautiful world around you. I also hope that if you have ever wished you could draw or paint that my story will encourage you to take that first step. Discovering this passion for art has been life changing for me and it would be for you too!
American Artist
Sweet Mother N mixed media on 12 x12" canvas paper
Things That Flow
Glenda
Memoirs of Betty Sue's Barn Dance Mixed media on 12x12" canvas paper
Faith at the Coffee Shop Art Show Acrylic on 11 x 14" canvas
The Blessing Bringer 9x12" acrylic, gels and paper on canvas board
Mrs. Kitchen's School of Dance
Divas of the Carpet Dress
Woman in a Lace Dress 16x20" acrylic on canvas
Le Coco’s passé Mixed Media on 11x14" stretched canvas
He Thinks of Music Mixed media on book page
Grace on a Nature Walk Acrylic on 12x12" canvas paper
Lula Mae Heads for Town 10x10x 3/4" papers, acrylic, gel and ink on stretched canvas
Ballet in a Flowered Ball Gown 12x12 acrylic on canvas paper
Fleeting Thoughts Acrylic, soft gel and papers on 12 x 12 canvas paper
Alcott and Ashley 12x12 acrylic and gold leaf on canvas paper
Mixed With Nature 8x8 canvas board, magazine photos and mixed media.
Time Won't Stop the Dancer 12x12 collage on canvas board
Le Printemps Arabesque 12x12 mixed media on canvas paper 3-9-12
Mom 1954 mixed media on 20x22 canvas
"Guiliana" 12x12" mixed media on stretched canvas
"Portrait from Austen's Era" 9x12" watercolor and gel pen on watercolor paper.
"Mama Likes the House in Order" 12x12" mixed media on canvas paper.
Patient Pink and Pretty watercolor on 9x12 paper
Twins Acrylic on 9x12" canvas Paper
"Lounging Lazy in a Birthday Suit" 9x12 acrylic on canvas paper.
Expecting Mother and Her Children 9x12 acrylic on canvas.
In the Living Room 8x8 canvas board using magazine photos, scrapbook paper and mixed media