Art is my Third Career

After a successful career first as a CPA, then as the co-owner of a real estate company... I now get to pursue creating art as my primary focus. My artwork over the years has been realistic subject matter in watercolor and colored pencil - still life, pets, people. In 2017, I decided to move into non-objective artwork, first in watercolor then mixed media. I have always been drawn to abstract paintings because they allow the viewer to interpret the work for themselves. I enjoy exploring color, materials, and composition, often beginning with a word or phrase as inspiration, but I’m not much of a planner when I paint. I rely on what appears during the process of creating to influence my work as it progresses. Eventually, each painting tends to  take on a particular character and articulates an emotion or thought, eventually resolving to a finished piece.

I share my home with my husband and two Bichons, Lilly and Cooper. I enjoy spending my days creating artwork and gardening.

My paintings are available for sale on this website, at my ArtWorks studio and at Water+Color Gallery at River Lights in Wilmington, NC and at Sunset River Marketplace in Calabash, NC. Please contact me here if you have questions or would like more information.

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