I grew up in an art-filled home.
My father owned a New York City gallery in the 1960’s representing contemporary French artists and my family tree is leafed with generations of accomplished artists.
Color and imagination was abundant in my surroundings. But even with all these rich artistic influences, I did not tap into my inner artist until my early 40’s.
My professional career was varied: teacher, management consultant, free-lance journalist, nonprofit administrator and artist.
Each new
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I grew up in an art-filled home.
My father owned a New York City gallery in the 1960’s representing contemporary French artists and my family tree is leafed with generations of accomplished artists.
Color and imagination was abundant in my surroundings. But even with all these rich artistic influences, I did not tap into my inner artist until my early 40’s.
My professional career was varied: teacher, management consultant, free-lance journalist, nonprofit administrator and artist.
Each new career built on and complimented the preceding one, transferring skill sets with each fresh adventure: Teaching children to adult education; interviewing and writing reports to interviewing and writing articles; writing articles to writing grants; creating pictures with words to creating images with paint.
I began painting under the late Dianne Boldman, an accomplished watercolor artists and teacher and worked exclusively in watercolors for 7 years doing mostly commissioned work.
In 2012 I began studying under nationally acclaimed portrait and realism artist and master teacher Bill Kufahl, working in oil, pastel and charcoal.
I launched my art studio in January, 2011, where I paint and teach.
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