Bio

Everyone always asks, when did you start painting? Ever since I can remember was my standard reply, but I know now that it is that moment you apply your tool to the blank canvas. Every time is new. You realize the beauty in life everyday.

Being raised in Chicago as an only child. I would accompany my parents to their social outings, usually for them to play cards. Being bored and having no one to play with I would nestle myself in a corner of a room in the house. There I would draw whatever caught my eye. Time would fly and we would soon be on our way home.

My first "exhibition" was first or second grade. It was a painting of a frightened girl in a movie theatre with her hand over her mouth. (Must have seen to many scarey movies that year.) The art instructor announced that it was good enough to be hung in the MAIN (not the side) hallway of the school. I was hooked! People actually enjoyed my work. It brought a smile to their faces.That is the best payment.

Over the years I painted on all different types of canvas. That included myself. Hey! It was the 70's Flower Power. Paintings were always done for family or friends and given away as gifts.

My Faux work can be seen on Marco Island at:
Tara's Steak and Lobster House; The Bombay Club; Ehlen's Floor Covering; Joyful Child; Sandcastle One Condominum; The Studio; Center for the Arts of Marco Island; Marco Island YMCA and Princess Del Mar Condominum

My Canvas work can be seen presently at:
Von Liebig Center for the Arts/Naples Florida
Marco Island Library
The Studio Gallery, Marco Island
Local Color Gallery, Esplanade, Marco Island, Florida
Tara's Steak and Lobster House, Marco Island
Naples Design House on Mooring in Naples, Florida

Here are some of the companies that I have a working relationship with:

Anne Cooper Interiors
Kira Krumm Interiors
Slocum Christian Builders	Panorama Homes
Architectural Network Inc.	Manatee Homes
Sunset Homes	LeCroy-Lansdown Design Studio
Weidner Designs	Designs Of Our Times
Creative Interiors	Ehlen's Flooring
Coastal Painting	Don Ewy Construction
Stan Saran Studios	Hideaway Beach Pro Shop
Russ Post Properties	Lynda Johnson Interiors