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Artist's Bio

I’ve been a doodler since elementary school, but didn’t discover I could paint until enrolling in a basic art class my senior year at Surrattsville High School in Clinton, MD. My first painting was a tempera still life of daffodils and geraniums in a basket, and garnered a second place ribbon in my first juried art show. I also learned calligraphy and other art techniques under the direction of my beloved art teacher, Jane Wingard.

After graduating in 1985, I enrolled in additional art classes: Drawing 101 at Prince George’s Community College, Largo, MD; private oil painting lessons in Dale City, VA; Basic Acrylic Painting at Montgomery County Community College, Silver Spring, MD; and Advanced Painting Classes at the Bemis School of Art in Colorado Springs, CO; where I currently teach art classes. I attend open drawing studios at Cottonwood Artists’ School every chance I get.

I mainly work with acrylics, but can also use watercolors, oils, pastels, charcoal drawings, and pen & ink drawings, as well as the airbrush.
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