About

I am a pastel and watercolor artist from Ramona, CA.  I enjoy painting various subjects from animal portraits to landscapes and seascapes.  I create in an impressionist and contemporary realism styles using a variety of brush strokes and bold markings.  My inspiration is a combination of God's wonderful creation and childhood memories.  My intention is to capture the personality and the essence of my subjects and the story behind the painting leaving the end results to the viewers' interpretation and inspiration.  I’m so thankful to use the gift that Jesus has given me!

My artistic journey started in my early teens living on a small farm in central New Jersey.  I started out playing with watercolors and found it was exciting to encounter “happy accidents”.  I had many subjects to choose from poultry, horses, cats and dogs… and sheep.  It’s always a challenge to capture the subject’s personality in a painting.  

Fast forward after moving to Southern California, in taking college courses, I resumed my studies in watercolor in fine arts and also created sketches in pencil and charcoal drawings.  I started to experiment with oil pastels drawing studies of landscapes.  I found it was a nice medium to use in softening and blending with the sticks.  I’m not sure how I diverted from the oil pastels but I found that the soft pastels had such a vibrancy and authenticity, I couldn’t resist using them.  I found the translucency of the medium wonderful for seascapes and any other subjects used in paintings.

I’ve entered my finished art work in various galleries in San Diego County including the Borrego Art Institute, the Fallbrook Art Center and the Escondido Art Association.  I have also won various awards over the years in entering art competitions.  I am grateful to have the experience of entering art shows with meeting a diverse group of artists and the opportunity to support the art community.