"Ditch Road, Summer", Pastel Society of Colorado award winning painting at

                                                                                                 Thompson Valley Artist's Association all-media Summer Show, 2007.                            

"My passion for painting has everything               

to do with my wonder and appreciation

for God's amazing creation. Watching a

spectacular prairie sunset or a soft moun-

tain meadow sunrise, observing my horses

grazing in a sun-drenched field of grass

and dandelions, or riding up a sagebrush

covered hill---all of this inspires me to try

to capture these fleeting moments in oil or

pastel. I'm fortunate to live in the moun-

tains along the Colorado/Wyoming border,

and blessed to be able to witness on a

daily basis the ever-changing hues of

nature. I want to use beautiful bits of

exciting color to convey the beauty I

see around me. This is a desire I truly

feel is God-given."