I grew up in Michigan and moved to southern Ohio to complete my education and begin my career. I have had the privilege of accompanying a fine man through his journey, raising three outstanding humans, and being surrounded by the creative energy of students and colleagues for 28 years. Now that I have retired from teaching I have returned home to the Mitten to enjoy my siblings and the woods and lakes that seem to be part of my soul.  Art has always been who I am, how I process, my therapy and my breath. 

Through the years I have become increasingly interested in the journey of the question rather than the destination of the answer. My newest work explores the complexites within the 24 hours of a day, the accumulation of these days into months and years, and the layers of emotion, event, thought and circumstance contained within every moment.

I work in watercolor, acrylic and oil. Each piece is built with bits and pieces in multiple layers creating a complex whole. 

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