It's my desire to welcome the viewer into my world of people and places to draw their attention, stir their emotion, so for that moment they are a part of the local scene. It has been a lifelong dream to live on the North Coast and paint what stirs my soul and touches the hearts of others.

My latest paintings are large flowers, landscapes and imaginative portraits of people in and around Old Towne. Once I start painting I just let things happen on the canvas. My passion is to invoke memories, using a blend of Early Impressionism traditions and Classical Realism.

While attending The Academy of Art in San Francisco, I was greatly influenced by the Impressionists use of color. Living on the colorful North Coast is a continual inspiration for me.

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