Confronting a blank canvas or sheet of paper and thinking how I will bring an idea to life from the world within is very exciting to me. Manipulating, developing forms and colors; elaborating upon an emotion; this communication is directed from the same inner voice that produces a literary work or musical composition; a great philosophical thought or an invention. And what is more abstract than music?

My images often are an expression of the softness of curvilinear shapes but most often elaborate upon the severity and power of straight lines. Usually my art works contain so much energy they look as though they would jump off the wall. I do love gentle landscapes and the ferocious vitality of a Jackson Pollock, as well.

It is always inspiring in exhibitions to see that every artist has an individual language of expression. I try to pause long enough to enjoy the atmosphere that has been generated by someone else's creative thoughts.

Much of my work for a number of years has been inspired by the interplay of shadows and the skeletal forms of structures at construction sites. Other strong visual and emotional impacts on me are rock formations from monoliths to pebbles, great expanses of water and reflections in mud puddles, sunrises and sunsets, a single leaf, my garden and everyone else's garden, and weeds. And very often I work to convey a visual abstract expression of a thought or event that has caused deep interest or concern to me.

My B.A. Degree is in History and I attended the Art Students League in New York Ciity on a Scholarship, and then exhibited my oil paintings. Since moving to Bainbridge Island I have studied printmaking at Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle and have taken many classes and workshops in various art media while also exhibiting my monotype prints.

From painting to printmaking and now back to painting I am continuing the interweaving of shapes and colors to make a space come to life.