At Jeanette Best Gallery in Port Townsend.

Painting in Herald Square on a trip to New York. Photo by an interested observer.

With Quimper Arts compatriots at Fort Flagler, 2025.

My background is in performing and visual art. In Bellingham, New York and Paris, for many years my creative skills mostly went into my “day jobs”. I started painting full time in 2014.

From 2015 to 2020 I studied at the  Art Students League of New York. and was an active member of Flatbush Artists and Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC). In addition to exhibits with those three organizations,  I showed in Manhattan venues including  the Center for Appellate Litigation,  Postcards from the Edge (Chelsea)  and the Manhattan Borough President's Office;  the Living Gallery in Brooklyn, and the Bronx Art Factory, 

Since moving to Port Townsend, I've become an active volunteer with several regional and local artist groups, including the Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists (manage on-line gallery) and Quimper Arts here in Port Townsend (manage internet, social media and re-started seasonal plein air programming in 2022).

In June of 2025 I joined Gallery-9, an artists cooperative here in Port Townsend. And since 2022 I’ve exhibited more than 100 paintings throughout the northwest, in juried shows and invitationals, primarily west of the Cascades. Venues have included:

• Northwind (Port Townsend)
• Grover Gallery (Port Townsend)
• Port Angeles Fine Arts Center
• Edmonds Art Festival
• Gallery North (Edmonds)
• ​Schack Art Center (Everett)
• SnoValley Gallery (Snoqualmie)
• Parklane Gallery (Kirkland)
• SPACE at Magnuson Park (Seattle)
• Fogue Gallery (Seattle)
• Centennial Center Gallery (Kent)
• Businesses such as Evolve Salon (Port Townsend), Louvre Cafe (Edmonds) and Era Living (Issaquah, Mercer Island and Bellevue)

I prefer to work from life, outdoors and in my studio. My approach is primarily realist, exploring the magic of everyday people, places and things. Oil painting is my long-time love. I also enjoy working in watercolor, acrylic and gouache. For the past year I’ve been playing with casein, a milk-based paint with rich color and a velvety matte finish. I paint here in Port Townsend, as well as on our sailboat in the wilds of British Columbia, as well as while visiting New York, Paris and Mexico.

As an environmentalist and long-time participant in such projects as Bookcrossing, Freecycle and the Really Really Free Market, I'd love to see hand-made works of art accessible to all. I have done barters, long-term loans and outright gifts.  Long live mutual aid.

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