Derby Queen Painting

The focus of my life and my work has always been people. I started painting at an early age and the subject that has always captured my imagination is the tiny nuance that makes each person unique. What is that slight shift of line or shadow that creates the recognizable image, that allows the individual to shine through. My process is to paint or draw from life, interviewing my subject and listening to and in some way and capturing their stories through marks on paper or canvas. My parallel life has been in women’s health, delivering hundreds of babies and caring for women from Vermont to Bolivia to Tanzania. Each child, each woman has their own story, no two faces are alike. My goal is to find that person through portrait and share their story through their gaze.