I create abstract, religious and spiritual oil pastel paintings. These are in a scratch board technique which scrapes into a base coat of fluorescent and iridescent color.
My new emphasis is creating colored pencil drawings and acrylic paintings based on musical performances. This reflects a life-long interest in listening to music. Much of this series is based on Berks Arts Council's Blues Fest and Jazz Fest.

I have been making and showing art for over forty years. In 2018 I retired from a career in museum work and historic preservation. Soon after that I was juried in as a studio artist at Goggleworks Center for the Arts in Reading, Pennsylvania. I create my artwork there in studio 214. In 1987, I earned an M.F.A. in Painting and Drawing from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. I also learned a B.F.A in Art from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1984.