I have been working in the studio recently on a series of Autumn Landscapes. I took photographs when the colors were at their peak on a stunning October afternoon in the Cascades Park near my home in Jackson Michigan. I am always amazed how much beauty is right outside my door. I had the later afternoon light, which is my favorite. The colors are so rich when the sun begins to get low in the sky and the shadows are long. I manipulated the photographs on my computer, to add even more color, so that the photographs looked like how I ‘felt’ looking at the landscapes. I am always concerned with expressing emotion in my work. I began the work in the studio, quite unsure

My eyes are constantly buzzing with the full spectrum of light and color that delight all of my senses everyday. The gift of being alive on this incredibly Beautiful and Magical planet fill my heart with gratefulness. Sky, trees, grass, flowers, plants, fields, rocks, mountains, lakes, streams; I am so amazed and overwhelmed by the perfection of all of these elements and the way they all come together to create the seasons, weather, and the delight of experience of living on the Earth. MOTHER Earth. I love her so much because she nurtures and expands my horizons, opening me up wider to her gifts every day. My love runs deep. To capture even a moment of this feeling is my intention, but it is a

As artists, we strive to express beauty in all its wondrous forms. Throughout history, the Human form has fascinated and challenged artists with its amazing complexity and endlessly interesting variation. The process of drawing is a skill that every artist needs at their disposal to bring their ideas into the visual realm. In LIFE DRAWING, (Drawing from the live model) we hone our observational skills and along with that, see to ‘let go’ and become part of the experience of “being” in the moment with pinpoint focus. Working with the live model the artist has the opportunity to communicate visually and energetically with form in 3 dimensions. It is a much richer experience than working from 2 dimension to the flat surface of the rectangle

I open…I fill.. I overflowI dance to the tune of my feelings.Their rhythms fill me with the energy of LIFE It pulses through my veins my heart my soulThose inner places, sometimes quiet,sometimes screaming…Places to be explored, places of adventure andexcitement…inner landscapes. How to make visible these feelings which are ourselves,these feelings which are each other?What is the nature of pour intertwining…our inner connectedness?What is the nature of this spiritual dance? So many levels and dimensions on this inner plane.Emotions have such “intense” color…their depth is overwhelmingAnother expression of the life force.The process becomes the discovery.With each new vision my inner knowledge growsand I delightedly step to it’s music. I open…I fill…I overflow…Each discovery leads to a new place,a deeper understandingcreating spiritual windows, I marvel

Creativity is a part of all of us and springs from a deep human desire to envision and bring into reality our ideas, our thoughts, our dreams. As an artist, I am constantly using my materials to express not only ideas but emotions as well. The Figure has always intrigued me. Body language, expressed by the pose itself speaks volumes. Color is my vehicle because it speaks very directly with emotional impact, and the marks that I make on the white surface of the rectangle are my commitment to responding not only to the subject matter but to the piece itself. As the marks are made, the piece takes on it’s own “life”; A life that is separate from the subject and the creator. Most