Despite a life-long passion for art, I did not start painting seriously until the early 1990s. For three years, I studied watercolor painting, then focused on drawing and pastels, taking classes at the Maryland College of Art and Design and the Studio School in Washington, D.C. In the late 1990’s, I took my first oil painting classes and fell in love. Although I now also paint with acrylics, oils are still my favorite medium.
My subject matter is widely varied. I love to paint landscapes en plein air, but I also enjoy painting still lifes and people. I believe that my love of color and light and my tendency to work with vigorous brush strokes are common elements in all of my paintings. The more I paint, the more I realize that each painting is an opportunity to learn something new and grow as a painter. I look forward to a lifetime of learning.
I have just joined a cooperative art gallery in the Old Town section of Alexandria, Virginia, called Gallery West. The Gallery West website is www.gallery-west.com I am also a member of The Art League in Alexandria, Virginia, The Mansion at Strathmore artists’ group in Rockville, Maryland, and the Yellow Barn Studio based in Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, Maryland. My paintings are carried at the Discover Artworks gallery which is moving to Westfield, New York and at Blu Saige Books in Findley Lake, New York.
My work has been juried into over a dozen shows at The Art League, among others. I have held three solo exhibits and was juried for a solo landscape show in February and March of 2009 at the Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center in Frederick, Maryland. One of my paintings, entitled “If Music Be The Food Of Love I”, has been selected to be on the December 2007 cover of Applause, the magazine provided to patrons of The Music Center at Strathmore in Rockville, Maryland. I also sell work directly to individuals and do paintings on commission, including HomePortraits, paintings of people’s homes.
I am exploring the potential of offering some of my paintings in the form of giclee prints. If you see any paintings that you would be interested in buying in print form, please contact me to discuss your interest.