Artist; Musician; Author; Poet; Photographer; Systems Engineer; Band Mom; Groupie.  

I lost most of my vision two years ago and needed to retire from my life as an Engineer. An artist my entire life and now with a severe vision impairment,  I decided to explore my creativity more in depth as a visual artist.   I have been a student at the Dunedin Fine Art Center in the Tampa Bay area for the past year, until Helene destroyed my home and everything I own.

I currently use the Intuitive Painting process to create works of abstract expressionism in acrylic on canvas.  All of my paintings tell a story of a brief moment in time in the manner of a blog post or journal entry, such as an observation, an experience, a hope.  A poem is painted onto the canvas, or an intention, and from there I let the painting emerge, and tell me what it is.  At times I use a collage technique with shapes and colors to create the impression of objects, such as waves, mountains, faces, delight.