Artist Statement: Unique and vibrant abstracted nature and figurative paintings with a passion for color and texture and energy. I don't feel I have to paint exactly what is, but rather what makes it have vibrance and harmony.
Education: BS Engineering (what was I thinking?) UMass Lowell as well as numerous painting classes in Massachussets, California and North Carolina.
3/2023 to present: teaching adult painting and collage at Cain Center for the Arts, Cornelius, NC as well as teaching group painting events
2008-2023: Muralist, group and individual painting teacher, child and teen teacher in Mt.View, CA and Cornelius NC
Other professional experience: 10 years engineering, 8 years technical sales
Artwork has been exhibited/sold in galleries including Mooresville Arts, Cain Center for the Arts Gallery and Eno Mills Gallery. I've also sold works at the Belmont Garibaldi event, McAdenville painting event and other events in California.
I've volunteered in the Gallery at Mooresville Arts since 2021 and am a member of the Guild of Charlotte Artists, Gastonia Art Guild, and Lake Norman plein air painters.