To instill an emotional response to my images, both positive, and hopeful.

My intension is to create bold, colorful interpretations of the Florida landscape, amazing flowrs, and figures.

I started taking art lessons after retiring after teaching music in Rhode Island for 28 years. What started as a hobby, has blossomed into something that I am very passionate about. My preferred medium is oil painting, and I like to paint a variety of subjects from still life, landscape and people. I have relocated to Estero, Florida a few years ago and enjoy painting the beautiful flora and fauna around me.

My passion for creating and visualizing art pieces started when I was very young living in Cuba. In March 2020, I moved back to Florida from Houston, Texas where I showed my work in galleries and juried shows around the Houston area. Before moving to Houston, I earned my Bachelor of Arts in Motion Picture Technology at the University of Central Florida. I was very lucky to have the opportunity to work for Disney Animation Studios in Orlando Florida where I fell in love with animation and special effects, the experience and knowledge that I acquired plus my degree permitted me to teach Computer Visual Effects at Full Sail Real World Education School in Orlando, Florida.
At present, I am dedicating my time to experimenting with different styles and mediums (watercolor, oil, acrylic, wood, pastels, color pencils, paper) creating works from ideas and inspiration collected from the past and always incorporating my experience into futures works.

I have been a full time artist since 2014. I studied Watercolor & Mixed Media Collage in California and ever since then, I have never looked back. Im blessed to have a home studio and I love creating on a daily basis. I'm in love with bold, bright colors and the brighter the better for me. Creating daily is a must for me. I have to say.. Art is my life. My life is Art.

My work is the result of exploration. I am a process painter and enjoy using acrylics to get many different layers quickly. The fun comes with unexpected results, and I like that one has to puzzle the images out. Using a random application of gesso on a blank surface, causes interesting shapes and unexpected textures, creating a sense of history.

I love glass. So many fusible gorgeous colors...opaque, transparent, iridized, textured. Gets my creative juices flowing. Making pretty things, home accents, whimsical figures. So much fun. What a blast!

Through painting, I tell stories of peace, beauty, and love, and explores the very mystery of life. In order to achieve this, I work in a wide variety of mediums, including oils, acrylics, and pastels, and in a wide range of styles, from abstract to realism.

I am an artist at heart who has created art in many forms and media for all my life.

My ceramic work is defined by my love of the human form.
A childhood love of fantasy finds its way into my work. I express the absurdity of life while drawing influence from unexpected sources like the lyrics of music and nursery rhymes.
I have a clear vision of a finished piece before I start. With this idea in mind I immediately get started with a combination of wheel thrown pieces, coils and slabs. I alter by pinching, cutting and adding clay until my idea emerges.
My pieces are decorated with colored slips and underglazes while still wet and then fired to 1830°. After adding pigmented washes and glazes my final firing to 2232° completes the process.

I make my art to bring joy in to the lives of those who view it. Seeing people’s surprise that they are looking at glass pieces is a bonus!

Painting to me is a place of solace where I enjoy capturing the peaceful and happy aspects of life. Whether in the studio or out in nature, painting with watercolor brings me so much joy! I hope that those who view my work feel a sense of that joy along with me.