About the Artist

Originally trained as a portrait artist in St. Petersburg, Florida, I discovered a love for Plein Air Painting when I fell in love with North Florida while attending the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Fl. 

In high school, although only blended realism was allowed in the Art Classes,  I used to take the bus to the Museum of Fine Art in St. Petersburg, Florida to see the work of Claude Monet, Manet, and Renoir. So, when I won a trip to Paris that included a side trip to Claude Monet's home in Giverny I was thrilled! On later trips to Paris I saw the paintings of most of the other Impressionists and that influence permeates all of my work from Portraits to Still Life, to Plein Air Paintings.

Having taught Art from Elementary to College level, I spent 12 years as an Adjunct Art Instructor for The Continuing Education program at Northwest Florida State College'.  I have 40 years teaching experience.  I am currently offering private lessons, s

Small Group Lessons and Viewings  in the relaxing environment of a former horse stable, Rancho de Relaxo, renamed Studio de Relaxo, in Choctaw Beach near Niceville, Fl.

CURRENT AND PREVIOUS GALLERIES and VENUES:

The Artel Gallery of Pensacola

The Miramar Beach Creative Campus, Miramar Beach, Fl

The Foster Gallery, Miramar Beach, Fl

The Artful Things Gallery of Niceville, Fl

The Bay Annual in Panama City, Fl

The Lantern Gallery in Rosemary Beach, Fl

30A Gallery of Art, Inlet Beach, Fl

Anne Hunter Gallery of Art, Rosemary Beach

The Emerald Coast Theater  Gallery, Miramar Beach

The Mattie Kelly Festival of the Arts, Destin, Fl

DeFuniak Springs Gallery of Art, DeFuniak Springs, Fl

The Alcove at Artel Gallery in Pensacola, Fl

UPCOMING SHOWS:

FIGURES, FACES, AND PLACES in The Vault August 29 -October 6, 2023 at Artel Gallery, 233 Palafox Street, Pensacola, Florida  Reception, August 31st, 4-7

The MATTIE KELLY FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, Co-ordinating The Emerald Coast Plein Air Painters, Oct 29 -31, Destin, Fl

I paint what I love: People Faces and Places and sometimes I choose a subject because I also love Alizarin Crimson and it lends itself to that color.

I believe that we are created to create and my sincere hope is that something I have created will connect you to the love, joy of art and life that is within you.