I view all art as symbols - the meaning of which is as unique as each viewer. Facial expressions are a very powerful form of communication - sometimes even more powerful than words. For this reason, expressive portrait drawings and paintings are my favorite form of art.
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My painting experience was guided by my middle school art teacher Shirley Brannock. Mrs. Brannock helped me get involved with the Dorchester Center for the Arts when it first opened. I was one of the youngest oil painters who learned to love the magic of a paint brush. Thanks to her, I received a high school scholarship and met other artists, their mediums and it allowed me to expand my horizons. Sculpture, carving, silversmithing, and glass work. I have recently taken up watercolors and enjoy the challenge of painting with less paint and the movement of the water.
My childhood and early adult life, was spent traveling the world with my wandering parents. England, Papua New Guinea and Ireland were some of the countries we lived in for extended periods of time, and where I went to school (including 4 years of art college in Ireland).
In 1986 I moved to Baltimore and started a career as a decorative painter. Murals, commissioned paintings, portraits as well as stenciling and faux finishing, have kept me very busy and traveling for the past 37 years.