A little bit of background:
I'm an artist living in Newmarket, NH. The inspiration for my portraits and figures originally came from old family photographs - mostly of my grandmother as a girl and her childhood friends. Not long after, I began using my kids and friends as models. I have since dug further into the old trunk and have pulled out ancestors' photos one and two generations before my grandmother.

I received my art degree from the University of NH. My favorite instructor introduced me to collage way back when and it continues to "work" for me. The paper helps me establish color, especially when my reference material is a black and white photo. Oil is my paint of choice, but I work with a variety of medium. I love pastel, but oh so messy.

I believe strongly in the importance of the arts, and the more people that create or appreciate the arts the happier and healthier we all will be. I am enthusiastic about sharing my own creative process with others through discussion, workshops and tutorials.

If you want to de-stress or just goof around click here! ;)  Just do it!​​​​​​​
I also have a YouTube channel with demo videos of some of my paintings in the process - slightly amateur, but none the less fun to watch.

I offer prints, gift cards, totes and some other fun stuff at the following link:
Fine Art America ~ 

PS. I know I have a lot of little paintings marked NFS. These paintings are a part of larger ones that I assemble as one, usually 25 to 49 small paintings for each larger one which I sell through Carver Hill Gallery in Camden, Maine.