Volunteer with Cancer Awareness Through the Arts, provide workshops and demonstrations in papermaking, maskmaking, creativity and accept commissions for pen and ink house portraits. Approximately twenty-five years ago, I began the pursuit of becoming an artist, beginning in a traditional manner by developing drawing and painting skills.
Subjects vary from flora, still life, landscape and abstract.
Floral's are single bloom or a portion oft, larger than life, colors are bold and brilliant, color opposites are preferred as well as work to accent light and shadow. I work with a watercolor concentrate in combination with watercolor pigments, layering and glazing to achieve intense color. I strive to bring the essence and beauty to my viewers as simply as I can. I enjoy working in the field of papermaking, exploring it's many options and experimenting with color, texture, embossing and using natural plants. I find the process is in itself an art form and I use papermaking to express myself in two-dimensional and three dimensional sculptural forms such as the creation of bowls, baskets and masks.