A little over three years ago I began painting, not as a career change, but as a gift for my husband. I saw a picture that he really liked and so I thought I’d paint it. Easier said than done. I thought the picture turned out terrible. It still sits in my studio. But I was hooked and since then I’ve strived to grow and paint in such a way that whenever I begin a painting, my goal is to take the viewer to a nice place, maybe a memory of a pretty scene or a place in childhood that has nice memories or just to remind the viewer of the beauty that surrounds us all wherever we may live. Painting has become a joy and a challenge. I have been painting in oils and mainly landscapes, but with a desire to grow in my ability and knowledge of the medium, always with the underlying goal as an artist to bring, in a small way, the beauty around us to the canvas.
ACOMPLISHMENTS
Recipient of the Bonita McFarland Scholarship 2006
Ventura College: Merit Award Winner 2006 Award of Excellence 2007
Works hung at Ventura County Government Center summer 2006 summer 2007
Santa Paula Society of the Arts - Blanchard Library Exhibit 2007-2008
Ventura City Art Walk fall 2006.
Works hung at BVA and HVG.
Works on display at Ventura Orthopedics, Saint Johns Hospital, Oxnard
Currently a student at Ventura College.
BuenaVentura art association solo show Feb 2008