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| I've been an active painter most of
my life, creating works in the realist tradition. I sometimes work
in plein air, but I prefer the solitude of my studio where I can
concentrate on combining elements from my photographs into an
interesting painting. Drawing and composition are of primary
importance to me, with color harmony following closely behind. I
was fortunate in having an outstanding high school art teacher and with
her help managed to win a four-year scholarship to the Ringling School
of Art in Sarasota, Florida. There I studied with the late Hilton
Leech, an outstanding watercolorist after whom the art center in
Sarasota was named. I'm a signature member of the Florida
Watercolor Society, Georgia Watercolor Society, Mississippi Watercolor
Society, Texas Watercolor Society and the Southeastern Pastel Society. My recent
work, primarily landscapes and portraits, has included watercolor,
pastel, oils, and acrylics all of which I find endlessly challenging. My paintings
were accepted into seven of the Top 100 shows for Arts for the Parks.
In the year 2000, I won the Region III award; in 2004, I won the Region
I award; and in 2006 my pastel painting, "One of the Fallen",
won the Grand Prize in the Arts for the Parks annual competition. |