As far back as I remember I’ve wanted to create art from what pleases my eye. The look of light and temperature always made me wish I could express those personal sensory experiences in images. I live in the mountains in the beautiful state of Vermont and am also blessed with a summer home on the coast of Maine. The colors and images of these places have informed many of my paintings since I began painting in watercolor in 2001. I found balance between my business career and my desire to paint and have devoted more and more time to painting, attending classes and workshops in Vermont, Maine, and in Italy. The glories of color, and the considerations of light and composition, mesmerize me. I embarked on my sensory quest to paint what I felt about what I saw. My work primarily celebrates my life in Vermont, my yearly experience of the Maine coast, and my deep appreciation of nature’s gift of seasonal change. Now I paint as an avenue to communicate my feelings about place. If my work gives pleasure to others I am gratified and encouraged. In August, 2009 I was “artist of the month” at our town library, where I showed a series of my Maine inspired watercolors. As a contributing member of Central Vermont Artists’ Marketing Cooperative, I show my work regularly at Blinking Light Gallery in Plainfield, Vermont, and serve on the Board of Directors. I also have displayed my work at Studio Place Arts Gallery in Barre, Vermont, and in shows of the Art Resource Association, in the T.W. Wood Gallery at the Vermont College of Fine Arts in, Montpelier, Vermont.