When I go abroad I am so inspired by the past and the buildings. I have spent time in Florence, Siena, Venice and Portugal ,Japan, Germany. My focus is color, light and relationships to things seen in different light.

I have studied painting since I was a child. I studied art in high school and always dabbled in painting and drawing while raising my family.

As time went on I taught art in several summer programs. I also taught an after school art program called Art through Nature. I loved using different mediums to show children the beauty of life using stone, shells, fish printing with inks and several other methods.