I am very attracted to scenes with water, whether ocean, lake, or river as is evident in the paintings here.  New research shows that, while being in nature produces clear reductions in stress, being close to water augments and compounds those benefits. There is something profoundly calming in the rhythm of ocean waves, the ripples on a lake, rapids over rocks, or the slow currents of a river, and near these  I can feel the rest of the world drop away. 

I paint in Maryland primarily, of course, but also when I travel with my husband around the United States.  There is so much interesting and beautiful anywhere, and especially in the huge variety of  landscape in our country.  I enjoy making a place "mine" by painting it, as I try to record both the scene and my emotional response to it.  I am able to paint plein air when no overseas travel is involved, which heightens my connection to the area around me as I paint. These oil and watercolor paintings span a period of 20 years.

A few years ago I bought a small etching press after taking a printmaking workshop and have enjoyed printing monotypes and block prints since then.  Some are abstract and some more traditional.