I enjoy making portraits of people who have inspired me.

I fly in my dreams and those dreams give me ideas for my paintings.

For many years I have been known for paintings full of detail and color.

Several years ago, I  began a series of abstract paintings that celebrate color without being figurative. 

I had a solo show of my abstracts in the atrium lobby at NIH in Bethesda in October/November of 2016.

Some scenes I'd like to see that give me a chuckle and paintings that are commentary.

About 25 years ago, I wanted to learn the early American craft of vinegar graining so that I could use it on frames for my paintings. This is an old art of taking wood that did not have an interesting grain or color such as poplar or pine and by using painted base coats and textured vinegar glazing on top, creating exotic and interesting patterns.

I spent several days working with a antiques restoration firm in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to learn the very basic formulas and patterns. Not only did I use the technique for my frames but began graining small boxes and old chests.  My grained boxes are sold in the gift shop of the National Archives Museum in Washington and the New York Historical Society Museum gift shop.

Since vinegar graining is not widely taught, I decided to offer a course at McDaniel College in Westminster, MD. three years ago. Each summer I take 8 students and they learn the formulas and technique in my week long class.

The 5th, 6th and 7th grades at Harlem Park Elementary and Middle School in Baltimore, studied the Ndebele tribe of Africa and their famous mud huts. During the 20 day artist in residency, we created a 4' x 8' mural depicting life in an Ndebele village with a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council.

I worked with the younger grades creating painted chicken portraits, paper models of the mud huts and paper necklaces inspired by Ndebele jewelry.

I have always been fascinated by Haitian art. I have been creating small sculptures from bones, wood and twine that are inspired by images of sacred Haitian Vodou Art. I am most entranced with Wanga or Vodou charm pieces.

I love watching the life on the busy streets around me and I try to capture that life on canvas.

In 2001, I was sponsored to paint one of the 6' x 3' fiberglass fish for the Fish Out Of Water project in the Inner Harbor. I chose two images from Matisse and entitled it Cone Fish to honor the Cone sisters who were friends with Gertrude Stein and purchased works of Matisse brining them back to Baltimore. The fish was auctioned off along with 50 others at the Walters Art Museum selling for $22,500 to help fund art programs for Baltimore City schools. The fish has been outside since 2001 and I was hired to do a complete renovation, working with photos of my original fish.