Most artist statements begin with "ever since I was a child, I knew I wanted to be an artist." Well, you'd think that after I won the East Rochester Volunteer Ambulance Corps Ham Festival Dinner Poster Contest in 7th grade, I would have clearly seen my future career path, but I didn't. Although I was always making stuff, painting, designing clothes, knitting, making jewelry, etc., my career took some long detours before I became a full-time artist, including seven years of studying Chinese and a 30-year career as a graphic designer. However, at each fork in the road, I turned more fully toward painting — toward what I love.
 

I try to convey this sense of place, The American Place, whether it's a farm pasture field with a working barn, a lobster shack along a wharf, or a once fish shack that now serves as a summer residence. I try to convey that moment of joy and presence through the scenes of my paintings, without intention for nostalgia or sentimentality. Realizing; though, that those elements are inherent in these seemingly ordinary subjects, giving our imaginations a bit of free reign to wonder who has lived and worked there, how their lives were along the way, and how different or the same they are as yours and mine. 

“It is the poetry of light and constant change that makes me excited about my next painting. It can be a sunrise or sunset, ceaselessly moving water, an ever-changing harbor, a storm, or a gentle morning fog…It is the fleeting moments presented by nature that captivate me the most.”