ABOUT MY INSPIRATION
My colorful landscapes depict water, mountains and places with spectacular scenery taken from my travels and from the nearby Rocky Mountains. My oil pastel paintings are loose and textural, created with a broken color stroke technique inspired by the impressionists.

The palette of the impressionists opened up new vistas and brightened the work of those participants. Contemporary oil paints of those early palettes included a rainbow of hues: cadmium yellows and reds, cobalt and cerulean blues, permanent green and scarlet. The important issue was, and is, to use real pigment colors whenever possible, rather than blends.

My artwork is inspired by the French and American impressionists, whose passion for color and light revolutionized the art world's perception of reality.

BIOGRAPHY
I worked as a graphic designer and art director for numerous advertising agencies in the Denver area for over 20 years. In the eighties, I created large, airbrushed abstract landscapes using transparent dyes.

I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking from Michigan State University in 1974 where I majored in printmaking, working primarily in serigraphy, etching and lithography. I am a native of Detroit, Michigan.

Group Exhibitions
2004 Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities 18th Annual Art Market, Arvada, CO
Colorado Art Expo, Denver, CO
Art Students League of Denver Summer Art Market, Denver, CO
9th Annual Art Walk in Longmont, CO
Fons & Fons – Oil Pastels / Raku Vessels, Lapis Gallery, Denver, CO
2003 West Highland Artists Cooperative December Show, Kirk Norlin Gallery, Denver, CO

Selected Juried Exhibitions
2004 Rocky Mountain Biennial 2004, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
Northern Colorado Artists Association 13th National Exhibit, Fort Collins, CO - Honorable Mention
2004 Colorado Visions Art Exhibit, Westminster Community Artist Series, Westminster, CO

2003 Viewpoint 2003 National Juried Art Exhibition, Cincinnati Art Club, Cincinnati, OH
National Society of Artists 21st National Juried Show, Alvin, TX
Women Artists of the West 5th International Juried Exhibition, Dubois, WY
Englewood Arts National Juried Art Show 2003, Museum of Outdoor Art, Englewood, CO
North Colorado Artists Association 12th Annual National Art Exhibition, juried, Fort Collins, CO
Boulder Artists Association 12th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Boulder, CO
Spring Salon V.2, Limner Gallery, New York, NY
Viridian Artists XIVth Annual Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists@Chelsea, New York, NY
Annual Tri-State Plus National Juried Exhibit,, Beaumont Art League, Beaumont, TX