I’ve been painting most of my life and do not believe that being an artist has anything to do with “talent”. It’s desire. I created art as a child because I wanted to, it felt good, I was compelled. Desire brought me back time after time and I got good at it. I got good because I practiced and tried and worked. I went to school for art because of desire. I tried lots of different kinds of creative endeavors and I still do. It’s good to try something new. But nothing has replaced painting… that’s where my heart sings. I can throw a passable pot, but I don’t desire to work in clay. I can make a basket but it doesn’t “do it” for me. Becoming an artist is a process of allowing the flow of creativity move you… and it takes many forms. Painting happens to be mine.

Late last year, I walked into my studio to paint and let my “muse”, the creative energy within, to have free rein at the canvas. I didn’t know what to paint, so I let go and began to dab spots on of color. I started another canvas while in the midst of the first, and in it, I saw something. A new style was born. After 50 years of painting, a fresh new format emerged and took over my world. I’m exploring this new mosaic-like pointillism and will continue to see where it goes. It’s exciting!

My blog’s “raison de etre”  was to show my art, my process and my work.  But over the years, I’ve become busy creating and have spent less time blog writing. My most recent work, (the mosaics) can be found in the gallery section, older work in the archives. If you like to read about my older work and my process of creating each piece, have fun in the archives!

I still live in a cabin in rural Oregon where I hike, ride horses, work in the garden and paint. Welcome to my studio.