The Night Sky, 2016 Painting

I'm attempting to add my own voice to this history thru painting (oil on canvas) and drawing. My career began in High School, and continues today. I grew up in Augusta Georgia and my early exposure to art was thru my mother and an aunt who produced watercolors of various flower still-life. My formal art education ie: college was in the undergraduate program at the University of Georgia and the Masters program at the University of South Carolina. I have lived in various parts of the country, NYC, Martha's Vineyard, Maine, Savannah, and now the Holy City, Charleston which by the way I am never leaving, a wonderful place to live and work. Memory and authenticity and a desire to leave something behind that will inspire people to notice the beauty of their surroundings are some ideas that guide my choices for the imagery in my paintings. I am constantly looking and searching for experiences in nature that I find intriguing. My work starts with noticing a particular natural phenomenon then over time develops into my own very personal interpretation of that experience and becomes a visual statement.