In my landscapes, painting is my response to the effects of light on the landscape, especially late in the day when the light is golden. Long cool shadows, golden edges on backlit trees, the orangey haze that settles on hills and trees late in the day—I love the transient light effects and want to freeze them on canvas—either a hopeless act of denial or a joyful affirmation of celebration, depending on your point of view. Tuscan landscapes are infinitely interesting because of the musical harmonies of the land. My paintings of women are intended to suggest a narrative but it's up to the viewer to decide what that might be.

Education:
Master’s degree in art history from the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Undergraduate studio art courses at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Drawing and painting classes at the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Greater
Birmingham Arts Alliance, and Space 111 in Birmingham.
1992 a month-long painting workshop in Assisi, Italy, taught by Ada Pulini Brown of Los Angeles, California
1997 a week-long plein-air workshop in Tuscany taught by Maddine Insalaco
1998 a two-week workshop in Connemara, Ireland, led by Ann O’Connor

Author, Art of the New South: Women Artists of Birmingham 1890-1950, published by the Birmingham Historical Society, 2004.