I do not recall a time when I did not make art. 

I've always been an observer - watching the play of the sunlight and shadows,  undulations of the sky colors, the dew drops on flower petals or the way a breeze ripples tree leaves or water on the lake. 

Although I consider myself to be a versatile artist, enjoying a wide variety of subjects from portraits to figure studies to an occasional sculptural work, my true passion is for the beauty of a landscape vignette – any small corner of the world -- to which I connect on a deeper emotional level. 

 Painting en plein air (in the field) makes me react to the immediate environment and find endless inspiration in the effects of natural light on the essence of my subject. The outdoors is my studio – the place where I visually meditate, intuitively absorb and creatively respond to what I am seeing. Most of my work is done a la prima (in one sitting) which entails a certain degree of immediacy and simplification due to natural weather changes and fleeting light. I tend to suggest rather than define a subject, conveying the mood, light, and impressions with brush and palette knife strokes. 

Plein air painting allows me to record the immediate and spontaneous response to the scene that moved me. I want someone to see and feel what I felt, to convey to others my love for a place. If I was able to come even close to that -- if you can feel the warmth of the sun on the cobblestoned Paris street, the bubbling whirlpool of people at the Del Mar Fair, or the gentle sea breeze over the La Jolla Cove, I think that I have accomplished something of worth.

I  hold Bachelor's degree in Architecture and Master’s Degree in Fine Art and have spent the last 30 years making my living as an artist and art teacher. I show my work in juried exhibitions, galleries, and fine art fairs. I feel very fortunate that my artwork has been acquired by private and public collections and won multiple awards.