Many of my finest moments in life have been while painting.

My artistic roots are in Chinese Brush painting. I studied for five years with Madeleine Fu, a protégé of the internationally acclaimed Chang Dai Chen. This discipline taught me to focus intensely on brushwork as well as the spirit and essence of the subject I was painting. Chinese Brush is a watercolor medium, and eventually I began to use watercolors to paint my local landscape.

In painting, one medium has a way of leading you to explore another. I was sketching in pastels for my landscape watercolors, and soon became captivated with the lush opacity of soft pastels. Pastels, in turn, caused me to be curious about pursuing the richness of oil paint.

In recent years, I have focused on plein air oil and pastel painting. I love working in my studio but, even more, painting on location. Working outdoors, I experience a connection with nature that gives me a deep sense of peace and fulfillment.

The language of color has always entranced me. Painting in an impressionist style, I use color lavishly while paying special attention to how local colors are influenced by the prevailing light and time of day.

I live in an artist's paradise, agricultural Sonoma County, California. The rural farmlands and rolling vineyards bordered by the Pacific Ocean are a constant inspiration for my work.