From a child through my adult years, I have always sketched or painted when I was drawn to a subject or scene. In the late 1980's, I took a class in pastels and immediately fell in love with the technique and the immediacy of this wonderful medium.  I work mainly in soft pastels, but in the past few years I have turned to oil pastels to experiment with a new medium.  No matter which medium I use, however, I paint in an impressionistic style, with emphasis on strong color and contrasting light patterns.

Recently, I have been concentrating on painting “en plein air” – painting on location.  When painting from life, the light and color of a scene inspires me:  the special air surrounding a tree in late afternoon, the stillness of the desert, the energy of a stormy sky.  This is what I want to share with whoever views my paintings, communicating to them those singular moments and to experience the beauty that I see.