I am at my best when I’m creating. Making art keeps me grounded and connected to the world in an insightful and constructive way. A native of Charlotte, NC, I am a graduate of East Carolina University with a BFA in painting. I studied under Robert Storr at The New York Studio School in 1986. I lived and painted in Berlin from 1989-93, and New York City 1997-2000. I was chosen for a residency at McCo;l Ceneter for Creative Arts, Charlotte, NC in 2002 and received a commission for 36 paintings from Levine Children’s Hospital, Charlotte, NC in 2008. I moved to New Orleans during the pandemic and currently have work in LeMieux Galleries. I’ve worked in many media, including encaustic, drawing, and printmaking. I use clay the way I use paint, part methodical, part spontaneous and gestural. I often use glass and metals in my sculptures. I am always experimenting to keep my ideas fresh and my work unpredictable.