Biography


Born in Milwaukee, WI, USA. Raised in Oklahoma City, OK. Educated and married in St Louis, MO. Raised a family and painted in Edgewater, MD, for over 25 years. Loves to travel and explore around the corner and go past the end of the road. Studio in Fort Laramie, WY, USA
		Years ago I learned to sail with my family. We employed the forces of wind and current to navigate. we raced around buoys for the pure joy of it. Art sprang from such experiences a personal vision. Manipulating paint is pure joy!
	About Encaustic Wax Paintings They have a special energy, with layer upon layer of wax infused by heating and scraping with tools and brushes. It is an exciting process perfectly suited to the way I build paintings. In the year 2000 I began using wax as a medium for my oil paints. Gradually, I used less oil and mixed dry pigments into the wax. It adds transparency and luminosity, but leaves the door open for opaque color sealed within the layers. A traditionally two dimensional painting seem three dimensional.

Abstract art of