Biography

"My art has become such a part of my life that there is no longer a distiction between the beginning and the end of the creative process. Seeing shape and noticing value and color subtleties is constant for me.  I believe this awareness feeds the creativity from which I draw spiritually and mentally in order to relay the details of beauty onto the paper and hopefully to the viewer."  

I have been painting in watercolor for 21 years.  My watercolors are done in the traditional way keeping the white of the paper as my whites, although I will use white to save a painting if necessary.  I use transparent staining paints on arches paper.  I had some influence early in my career from Margaret Martin and Skip Lawrence, from whom I took workshops, but am mostly self-taught.  I work out of a studio in my home where I also have a gallery space that is open to the public.  I have been teaching watercolor in Lockport for 16 years.

My work can be seen at the Market Street Art Center, Lockport, N.Y. where I have a permanent rotating exhibit.  I am also represented by Kathi Eagan Fine Art in Clarence, N.Y.   My work has been featured in Garlock's restaurant for 15 years.  I have reproductions of my work for sale in local shops.  My paintings are in collections around the country, also Europe and Japan. 

Art Groups:
Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society
Buffalo Society Of Artists

Recent awards:

2011: "Pink Tulips" won an Honorable Mention in the NFWS Fall Show.
2010: "Spring Waterfall" won an Award Of Merit at the NFWS 11th Annual National Show.
2010: Second Place in Realistic Watercolor at the Allentown Art Show  for "Spring Waterfall"
2009: First Place in Fall NFWS for "Stone Stairway, Letchworth"
2009: Honorable Mention in NFWS National Show for "Like Angel's Wings"
2008: First Place in Market Street Art Center show for "Dreamy Rose Of Sharon"
2008: Third Place in Spring NFWS Show for "By The Window"
2008: Honorable Mention in the Fall NFWS show for "Garden Coffee Break"
2007: First Place at Market Street Art Center Show for "Under The Bridge"
2007: Honorable Mention in the NFWS Spring show for "From My Garden"
2007: Fourth Place in the NFWS fall show for "Sibling Rivalry"
2006: Third Place in the NFWS National Show for "White Rhodendren"
2006: Third Place in the NFWS Spring show for "Zander"
2005: Second Place in the Lewiston Art Show for "Robert"
2005: First Place in the NFWS Show for "Beautiful Peony"
2004: First Place in the NFWS Show for "Soldier In Prayer"
2000: Best In Show"  in the Lewiston Art Show for "Marie"