I live in a coastal paradise that provides unending inspiration for my work.  My studio is near my home in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, on Florida’s Emerald Coast. Besides creating art, I teach, juror and judge shows, and act as an advocate for the arts in the community.

I’m a native of Louisville, Kentucky and a graduate of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. I  enjoyed twenty years of frequent moves and exotic travels as an Air Force wife, then lived for a decade in the Southern Appalachian mountains. I’ve studied art at Virginia Intermont College, East Tennessee State, and from numerous inspiring individuals. I continue to study at master classes at the Springmaid Watermedia Workshops.

Enriched by decades of different landscapes, inspirations, teachers, and cultures, I returned home to the beach in 1999.

Locally, my work can be seen at Page O’Connor Fine Art Gallery in Destin, Rock Hard Designs in Grayton Beach, or by appointment at my studio. I enjoy working with designers and individuals to create commissioned pieces.

Recent recognition includes:

• Selected in a national competition by Watercolor Artist magazine as one of ten “Ones to Watch”, and featured in the magazine. 
• The Beaches of South Walton “Artist of the Year” .
• As a “significant regional artist”, commissioned to create a large painting for the conference center at Sandestin’s Village of Baytowne Wharf.
• Has exhibited and won awards in numerous regional and national shows, including Watercolor USA and the Rocky Mountain National.
• Four solo shows since 2002.
• Work has been published in Watercolor Magazine, Palette Magazine, and in the books  Best Acrylic Paintings, Landscape Inspirations, and Creative Inspirations by Rockport Publishers. 
• Feature stories published in the thirty-a Review, Wiregrass Living, South Walton Life, and the Walton Sun. 
• Paintings are in corporate, university, and private collections throughout the US, Europe, and the Middle East. 

Selected collections:

• Former State Rep. Charlie Clary
• ResortQuest Realty
• Walton County Chamber of Commerce
• Baytowne Wharf Conference Center
• Drs. Frank and Joyce Goldstein
• Carriage Hills Realty
• Bristol Herald Courier
• Virginia Intermont College
• King College
• Harrogate University
• private collections worldwide