As a fine artist, printmaker and designer, I am always looking to expand each process in challenging new directions. I am inspired by nature... the incredible beauty of a feather... the incandescence of a fly... the weaving of a nest. I also have a reverence for time and its continuous effect on all things. I am fascinated by the transformation and synthesis of our constantly changing world.

I strive to capture the details, while broadening my techniques to create a more interpretive experience. Each view is a complex whole of interacting, interrelated and interdependent elements. Plein air painting challenges me to capture those fleeting moments... the glimmers, reflections, trains passing, birds in unison, drifting clouds and moving shadows from mountain top vistas to tidal sloughs. Each attempt results in new discoveries with a deeper connection to where I live and the world around me.

My November Featured Artist exhibition at the Benicia Plein Air Gallery “Industrial Landscapes” includes 6 new works. I am attracted to the complex infrastructures I have been finding along the waterfront and am interested in exploring the economic system and history of the Bay area.