When I was a child, I doodled.  And I doodled.  No paper border escaped my flurry of lines and circles and arcs and anything else I could think to fill this blank space.  I dreamed of being an artist.  I even sent an application to an Art School that had applicants copy drawings and create designs which determined if you qualified to attend their art school.  Life in the real world became my focus and I didn’t pursue my art until a short bout with ceramics and pottery. Though I loved working with clay, my back didn’t agree.  I went back to computer work and engineering until retirement.  Here in Arizona I took a mini-class of watercolor painting from a local artist.  Six years later I love what I am doing, attend workshops to hone my skills and delight in working with watercolors.

Whether I am in Arizona, Northern California, the National Parks or traveling elsewhere, I am inspired by the contrasting landscapes, flowers, birds and wildlife of each location.  It might be a flower bursting forth on a Prickly Pear Cactus; it might be Yosemite’s Half Dome in the distance.  Each watercolor painting reflects my joy of ‘seeing’ in the moment.  My occasional abstract painting undoubtedly is influenced by my past professional life.

Recent participation in artist workshops at the Art Institute of the Sonoran Desert Museum in Tucson and the Scottsdale Artists’ School has furthered and enhanced my abilities.  These new skills have contributed to my putting on paper what I feel while painting—experiencing the emotion. 

It feels like a gift to see the excitement in others when they experience the magic of watercolors.

Past Shows and Awards:

  • Lost Dutchman Art Show - Feb. ‘04  3rd place   Apache Junction
  • Lost Dutchman Art Show - Feb. ‘05  3rd place
  • Lost Dutchman Art Show - Feb. ‘06  2nd place, Honorable Mention
  • Shades of Spring Juried Art Show - April ‘06  Mesa, AZ
  • Open Studios Tour - June ‘06        Trinidad, CA
  • Trinidad Artists Show - June ‘06    Trinidad Art Gallery
  • One Woman Exhibit - July, August ‘06  Blake’s Book Store McKinleyville, CA
  • Teacher of Beginning Watercolor Painting - The Pueblo, Apache Junction, AZ
  • Scholarship Recipient to 2 watercolor workshops -  2007 Art Institute at the Desert Sonoran Museum - Tucson
  • Scholarship Recipient to workshop at Scottsdale Artists School - 2007
  • Participant Mesa Art League Winter Show - Mesa, AZ
  • Active Member Mesa Art League and Artists of the Superstitions
  • Participant juried Gold Canyon Golf Course Art Show - Fall ‘07
  • One Woman Exhibit - August ‘08  Blake’s Book Store  - McKinleyville, CA
  • One Woman Exhibit – Sept. ‘08  Belle Starr Dress Shop  - Arcata, CA
  • Teacher of Beginning Watercolor Painting - Superstition Mountain Resort  Apache Junction, AZ
  • Participant Trinidad Artisans’ Market – Weekly- Summer ’08  - Trinidad, CA
  • Scholarship Recipient to workshop at Scottsdale Artists’ School - 2008
  • Artists Studio Tour, 6192 E. Broadway, Apache Junction - Nov. 2008
  • Scholarship Recipient to a Tom Lynch Workshop at Sedona Art Center   November 2009
  • Artists Studio Tour   November 2009
  • Artists of the Superstition Tent Sale   Spring and Fall 2009
  • CALL Art Show  Central AZ College  Apache Junction, AZ  Fall 2009
  • Featured Artist at the Superstition Mountain Museum   January 2010