ARTIST'S STATEMENT

Art is my soul, my passion, my life.  It drives, motivates and completes me.  Before I became an artist I was walking aimlessly in the dark.  Now, I stand in the Light and create. 

I’ve been drawn to art all my life.  At age 50, I entered a course of intense therapy to deal with childhood trauma. My therapist suggested I take up art, that decision changed my life.

I began reading Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, by Buddhist Monk Chogyam Trungpa, who fled Tibet with the Dali Lama - “The key to warriorship and the first principle of Shambhala vision is not being afraid of who you are.  Ultimately, that is the definition of bravery.”  So, I vowed to become a Spiritual Warrior and an Artist.

At Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles I studied drawing from Linda Jo Russell and Chris Warner, and painting from Franklyn Liegel and Laddie John Dill.

Having lived all over the world, I was always drawn to the diverse beauty and complexity of the human face.  Portraiture expresses this fascination with humanity.  I want to shine a light on the soul of my subjects and capture that unique drama which is life. For this reason, I render my subjects in 1:1 scale or larger and in a realistic manner in oil, acrylics, pastels, mixed media and on canvas, panel or fine art paper.  

 “I paint until the image speaks to me, until it sees the light and reveals its essence.”