ABOUT THE ARTIST

NEW ORLEANS - MY BIRTHPLACE & HOME FOR 26 YEARS

BENICIA’S BEAUTIFUL WATERFRONT - MY HOME

“ONE OF A FAMILY OF ARTISTS AND COLLECTORS IN NEW ORLEANS, CREATIVITY HAS ALWAYS PLAYED A ROLE IN MY SELF EXPRESSION. I DON’T FEEL GROUNDED WITHOUT IT. ENTHRALLED WITH PAUL CEZANNE’S UNIQUE SENSE OF COLOR AND FORM, I STARTed my PROFESSIONAL ART CAREER IN 1990 when MY First child was A YEAR OLD. RENDERING SUBJECTS REALISTICALLY WAS MY FOCUS THEN BUT WHEN MY RIGHT ARM WAS SPRAINED ONE SUMMER, I TRIED MY FIRST BSTRACT W/ MY LEFT HAND. i BECAME HOOKED. MY ART PATH HAS GONE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION SINCE THEN.

MY DAYS BEGIN WITH CONTEMPLATING WHAT I WILL CREATE DEPENDING ON MY MOOD. MANY WORKS ARE DONE FROM MY HEAD. MY INTENTION IS TO CONVEY TENDER EMOTIONS OR A SENSE OF PASSION. WITH MY REPRESENTATIONAL ART I SEEK TO BRING OUT THE ONLY THE ESSENCE OF BEAUTY IN ORDINARY SUBJECTS. WITH ABSTRACT PAINTING, IT’S ELATING TO HAVE NO RESTRICTION IN WHAT MY END PRODUCT SHOULD BE,

IN THE LATE 1990’S i FELL IN LOVE WITH TEACHING WHEN AN INSTRUCTOR ASKED ME TO COVER FOR HER AT ADULT EDUCATION. I HAVE CONTINUED WITH IT TO THE PRESENT, HELPING HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS ATTAIN THEIR CREATIVE GOALS THROUGH THE YEARS.”