I work primarily with acrylics but like to experiment with different media and approaches. I work a lot too on newsprint: there is something compelling about its fragile, and fleeting, quality.  It reminds me of childhood art classes and the happy hours I would spend drawing, stretched out in the sun in front of our sliding glass door.  

I grew up in the creek and the woods, hand-feeding raccoons and collecting turtles.  I wanted to be a forest ranger, a writer and a painter.  Instead, I ended up - for a long time - in cities (Brussels, SF, London, etc.).  Now, I write, paint, and live in a neighborhood in downtown Asheville, NC where bears regularly wander through the front garden. I’ve always loved animals and feel lucky that they’ve found their way into my home (I have my own little rescues), my poems and somehow – after all these years - back into my paintings.  In an odd way, things have almost come full circle.

Animals wander into my work often - in packs, streaks, and dazzles – and for that I am grateful.