"I love colour and texture which is easy to achieve with my favorite medium - acrylic.  I also do watercolour, pen and ink and some pencil drawing.  My subject matter ranges across landscapes, still life, abstracts, florals, and pet portraits."
I grew up on the Canadian prairies.  My family had a small farm that required everybody to work – a lot.  Often a person’s worth felt like it came from the amount and quality of the work you did.  Being the youngest of 4 children and of slight build, I ended up not working as hard as the others until they left home.  Left alone while others were busy let me develop a very active imagination through reading, wandering around our farm, drawing and colouring.  But it also left me with this big question as to my worth and lifelong doubts about it and the acceptability of pursuing my dreams.

Over the years, all that reading led me to thinking of things other than farming.  Through contributing some extra work, I was allowed to enroll in a “mail order – you too can draw”.  I loved it!  It didn’t launch me in the art world but it directed me to where my heart wanted to go. 
 
As I doubted my talents and dreams, I felt I didn’t have a voice about what I “should” or "could" do and I felt very average in all things.  Now after a lifetime of people-pleasing, I have found my voice through painting. And that is why I paint – it gives me a voice and makes my heart sing.
Expressionism and Abstract Paintings
Paintings are done on canvas or wood with painted 1.5 - 2" deep stretchers on the edges. Each painting is unframed and comes ready to hang.