I am a visual artist - a painter. I have been making art for over 30 years and within the last 5 years I have been able to spend more time in my studio creating a body of work and refining my processes and style. My best paintings flow easily from the camera lens to my easel. Part of each summer is spent with friends and neighbors driving me around their farms and back roads showing me their favorite places; perhaps letting me invade their yards and gardens, collecting images and inspiration for a winter of painting. It is my hope that my paintings entice viewers to pause, and perhaps feel even a little of the excitement I feel when I find a painting in the lens of my camera.