I am a self-taught artist of many mediums, painting in acrylics since 2010. Coming from a place of loss after my mother’s passing, painting became an emotional release and expression. I find my emotions naturally apart of each painting through the color, the moment, the temperature of landscapes or personality and character of the birds and animals who find their way onto my canvas. I want to share or invite those who see my work into the moment, hopefully experiencing a small part of what I felt in the moment I tried to capture. From merely the temperature of a landscape, or the wonder or humor in the action of the animals caught doing what they do. With landscapes, animal moments I want to share the full memory of standing there looking at the beauty, the breeze, the warmth of the afternoon, think of what that animal is thinking. My hope for each work is to transfer what I’m feeling and seeing through my hand and brush.