Spring has sprung and plein air season has begun! I am making a point to designate time each week to get outside and paint with friends. It takes a lot of practice and dedication. I am honored to be critiquing the Spring Member Show for the Lake County Art League this May. My recent artwork is currently in 4 exhibition in Schaumburg, St. Charles, Righmond and Chicago Heights. Please check out the events page for more information and I hope to see you at a show!

Insights 2018 Addison Center for the Arts Honorable Mention Bewilderment 10" x 10" Mixed Media Pastel By using soulful marks and energetic colors it is possible to feel the joy, the mystery, the whimsy and the enchantment of the everyday people of our time.

Naperville Art League Hidden Detail - April 2018 What an honor to be awarded Best of Show!!! Remembrance 30" x 30" Mixed Media, oil + cwm Remembrance of who I thought I would become came back with startling clarity as I read an old story I wrote in second grade. Hidden in that first layer of collage is my handwritten story of my predicted futuristic city. Using the accompanying drawing as inspiration, I play with the contrast of then and now by using multiple transparent layers of paint creating an ethereal wistfulness. Somewhere inside that lost curiosity, the traces of who I was leads me to who I can still become.