The Yao Women in the Autumn Fields Painting

Blessed by a love of life, an optimistic outlook, a very high energy level, a passion for painting, and a drive to put and keep my creative life in the forefront--I believe all this has gone into my forty plus year career as an artist. Since early childhood, I have had a love for strong color and design, regardless of whatever medium I used, be it drawing, collage, mixed-media, oils, acrylics, oilsticks, or encaustics. Regardless of medium, my work is image-based and revolves around the house (both interiors and exteriors) and landscapes as subjects. These subjects are the armature on which I can apply my subjective response to place and time, engaging emotions, fantasy, and fiction. I love to capture my real environments or those of friends and places I've been to, through my screen of selective seeing, playful detail, heightened color, intricate design and pattern, and bits of fantasy. For me, art really is about enhancing and interpreting reality to create a more optimistic and joyous world.