Acrylic, mixed media

I practiced law for years, but was motivated to stop after I started painting. I also love to hike, especially in Spain on the Camino de Santiago.
I have been honored to win numerous awards and to have my work included in the de Young Open and the Crocker Museum auction. I frequently exhibit locally and am represented by Valley Art Gallery in Walnut Creek.

I paint both abstracted people and nonobjective paintings. I work intuitively and seek to express feeling and emotion – in other words to capture what you cannot see. I start with an idea, a mood, a memory, or something similar and then move quickly to express that. As the painting takes shape I slow down, reflect, and refine in order to communicate my vision most effectively.