Through the use of broad expanses of color and pattern, I want to create fantasy worlds of peace and safety and harmony.  I like to take a scene or motif I know well and to play with it until the joyous elements are dominant.  I like to paint houses that the viewer knows are a home ~ mystery and shadow need to give way to light and warmth. Sometimes deep green forests hint at other secrets but for me the four square walls of a house can hold the greatest of gifts.

I thank Jan Ledbetter for being a wonderful, inspiring teacher - other influences include study with Gerald Brommer, Stephen Quiller, and Doug Walton.  I received a B.A. from Colby College, and an M.A. from the Univ. of Michigan~neither was in art.  So many years were wasted!