Painting is thrilling to me. I am indulgent about color and often feel thrilled to see the outcome of my plans or lack of plans. Waking up, knowing I have the option of painting, is food for my soul. Art, creation, writing, and interacting with people who love these same things make my life worthwhile

I have studied art. First, as a college undergraduate. Later on, I worked with different teachers who mostly taught about watercolors. Even then, I wanted to be modern, break the rules, do what felt natural to me. Many teachers taught more traditional art, but I kept listening and learning.

My family collected art. Some of it quite well-known. My favorite aunt took me to art shows, museums, and galleries. My mother went to art school in Philadelphia. She painted as well.

I also studied ceramics and print making. But my truest love is painting. I often relax by using water colors. My more formal stuff is done with Acrylics or Acrylic Gouache. Although, like watercolor paint, these are water mediums.

I studied with a friend and art teacher for years in San Diego County before branching out in Palm Springs to study with Bob Burridge and later on, Kwok Lau, a teacher who supplied me with the necessary tools to see my own visions to their final end.

Like most artists, painting is a creative journey. Sometimes the journey isn’t over for a long time. A painting may be done until I decide I have never been happy with it and need to redo aspects of the piece.

Whether I am painting ceramics, making a mono print, or working on a canvas, painting is meditative, exciting, and a pastime I never grow tired of no matter how often I do it..