About the Artist

I'm a watermedia artist, instructor, and retired art teacher. In my current series of work, I'm using a variety of watermedia in layers to achieve a highly textural and dynamic presentation.

​After 40 years of painting realistic interpretations of landscapes, florals, and architectural themes, I find this new concentration on the relationships between the basic elements of art (shape, value, line, color and texture) to be a more exciting personal approach to art. Methods, materials and themes change, but a consistently good composition and design hold the viewer's eye.

Shows

2022
  • May 26-June 28 Virginia Mennonite Retirement Center, Annual National Juried Exhibition, Park Gables Gallery. Opening reception Sunday, June 5, 2-4pm    
  • June 3-July 30 Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Annual judged members' show, Main Gallery. Opening reception Saturday, June 4, 5-7pm
  • August 25-November 20 Wayne Theatre Gallery, "For The Love of Trees", a curated exhibit of six artists. Opening reception TBD.
  • September 2-30 Second Street Gallery, "Teeny Tiny Trifecta", a donation exhibit to benefit the gallery. Opening reception Friday, June 2, 5-7pm. Each artist submits three pieces 8" or under for sale for $100.
  • October 8-9 Shenandoah Valley Art Center and streets of Waynesboro, Annual Fall Foliage Festival. I will be set up in the "Emerge" section of Building #2 . Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm.
If Walls Could Talk (below) was accepted in the 2020 Annual International Exhibition of the American Watercolor Society in New York City. This is my third acceptance in 12 years, therefore I am now a Signature Member of the AWS.
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If Walls Could Talk (2019) 21" x 21" acrylic on paper
In Ella's Lifetime: 100 Artists for Ella - was displayed at the Downing-Gross Cultural Center in Newport News, VA.  My contribution is a creative interpretation of Ella Fitzgerald's Anything Goes.  100 artists, painters, printmakers, sculptors, and photographers were given titles of Ella's songs to use as motivation for pieces to hang in the center and then travel globally to sister cities in France, Germany, 2 cities in China, and Japan through April 2018. Recently purchased by the UVA McIntire School of Commerce for their permanent collection.