I'm a self taught artist living in South Louisiana.  I was born and raised in New Orleans and I get alot of my inspiration and love of life from growing up in that unique and fascinating city.

I've always been creative and I guess crafty growing up.  For awhile I was an avid sewer and quilter, so I was always drawn to shapes and color, but I never really tried to paint until a few years ago.  I really stumbled onto this passion late in life.  Job, family, children always came first.  Now that I'm older and my children are grown, I have the time to persue this passion.  I'm basically self taught when it comes to my abstracts and mixed media pieces.  I love color and shape, so my pieces are very colorful and I do see a lot of the quilting influence in my work.  I'm continually learning and experimenting with new techniques.  I am greatly influenced by the abstract expressionism movement that took place in New York post WWII, also known as the New York School of Abstract Expressionism.

I'm also inspired by music, I always have it on when painting.  Because of the type of painting that I love to do, I usually listen to rock.  It frees me up and let's me 'let loose'.  The music that inspires me the most is Led Zeppelin.  With their music, I can find the hard and soft, the light and dark that can take me where I want to go with a painting.  I know that type of music is a very unusual choice for a visual artist, but nothing makes me happier than to have some bluesy heavy Zeppelin playing on my ipod and to be standing in front of a canvas with a paint brush in my hand.

Now for the business part of my bio:

My art has been purchased by private collectors locally, throughout the U.S., Canada, England, Spain, Sweden, Argentina, Peru, Australia, Thailand and New Zealand.

Past and future events:

The Big Easel event,  a juried show and sale in Lafayette - Spring 2009 and 2010.

The "Eye of the Beholder" exhibit at the Lafayette Art Gallery a juried show in which I was awarded honorable mention for "Matthew 6:25" - Fall 2009.

"Best Acrylic" and "Best of Show" award for "Bringing It On Home" at the Big Easel Preview Party and Competition - Spring 2010.

City Club Gallery, Lafayette, La., Fall Show - Oct., Nov., Dec. 2010

Exhibit at Lafayette Art Gallery - Summer 2011

Exhibit at Poupart's Bistro in Lafayette, LA - Aug. and Sept. 2011