Raised an “Army Brat” in the 1940’s and 1950’s, I travelled the world. Now I’m in my mid 70’s and still travelling! However, now I carry a sketchpad, pens and watercolors no matter where I go. I paint what pleases my eye and what I want to remember. My artwork is perhaps best described as a visual journal of the places that I love and the characters that live within them. I especially love travelling in Europe and I frequently make extended visits to France with side trips to Spain and Italy. While on these journeys I sketch, take hundreds of photographs and paint what I see. Sharing visually what I have learned on my voyage through life is one of my great joys!

 

My favorite subjects to paint are the Coastal and Blue Ridge mountain regions of North and South Carolina, the French countryside and Paris street scenes. My primary work is in watercolor paintings and pen or graphite sketches.