Bio
I earned a bachelors degree in studio arts from Salisbury State College and I have been on my art journey for 25 years. My earliest work was in portraiture which, I now believe, gave me a good grounding in observation and interpretation.
Working from my Williamsburg, VA home studio I produce children’s book illustrations, paintings for my local print series and fine art watercolors which I submit to regional, national and international juried shows and competitions.
Illustrated books include: The Emperor and Me, Shoulder to Shoulder with Yan Chien, Peace Hill Press; Loak’s Tale, Solitude Press; Stonewall Jackson’s Black Sunday School, Pelican Publishing which won The Colonial Dames of America Book Award for Young Readers, 2011
Recent awards for fine art works include Virginia Watercolor Society, Best in Show 2008; Virginia Watercolor Society, 2010, Award of Merit. Virginia Watercolor Society, Award of Distinction, 2011. My paintings have been included in The Transparent Watercolor Society of America, 2009, 2010 Kenosha, Wisconsin; Southern Watercolor Society, Columbus, Georgia, 2009, 2011 and North Light Books, Publications: Splash 11 in 2010, Splash 12 in 2011.
Local, Colonial Williamsburg, College of William and Mary and Jamestown prints are available at Barnes and Noble, Merchants Square, Williamsburg, Alumni Association of William and Mary, Jamestown Settlement and Historical Jamestowne.
I teach an all media art class at the Williamsburg Landing. Williamsburg, VA
