A native Californian, I was born and raised in Santa Clara Valley, the “Valley of Heart’s Delight” once renowned for its idyllic vistas of orchards and vineyards. Memories of that childhood and sense of place as well as the rich landscapes throughout California and the Pacific coastline are etched in my mind, souvenirs, touchstones of my life.

After earning my art degree I did not start painting again until I spent twelve years in the deep stillness of the Texas Hill Country. When I returned to Northern California, my painting shifted from traditional landscape to abstract work, a large-scale exploitation of the painting process itself. Landscape often influences my painting practice but no longer in an objective way.

My paintings have been shown in juried exhibitions across the United States for more than a decade. And now, after a lifetime of longing to paint, I am fully engaged in making the work I have been imagining forever.