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The prophecies of many cultures predict this as a time of great transition between chaos and peace on earth .

I believe the relationship between our environmental problems and the way we live our daily lives with each other, can be understood more deeply by learning of the messages found in ancient wisdom, the Earth herself

and the animals we share this planet with.

I hope to help make this connection.

My art began seriously in 1981, after a car accident and a “near death” experience. I had done very little drawing or painting before that. During the months of recovery, I began drawing landscapes, using pen and ink. And at the same time, as a result of the experience, I began to search for a deeper meaning for my existence ..... what was life really about ....

why was there so much sadness on this earth.

Books seemed to fall off shelves into my lap: people appeared with information and ideas that I had known only at the edges of my thoughts.

Little by little new beliefs began to form and I became interested

in the many ways to see our existence in this world.

In the mid 1980's, using ink and colored pencil, I began to draw my beliefs ... wonderful new/ancient wisdom that I could feel was my truth too.

I chose, without actually planning to do this at first,

American Indian legends and philosophies to illustrate. Unfolding the similarities of the creation and prophecy stories between Native American

and other cultures has become very exciting.

I am finding that so many of us are longing to live more peaceful lives and to somehow help our communities and world become more peaceful too.

For several years, I framed and displayed my art in an old restored mill in a little New Jersey town. I learned to hand cut mats using geometric designs, making them three dimensional and including beads and other artifacts. It became my “trade mark” for my collectors. By the late 1980's

I was showing my work at art fairs along the east coast.

Then I discovered Gatlinburg, Tennessee and soon moved to the mountains.

For the next 20 years I maintained retail galleries in Tennessee and North Carolina, as well as having my art shown in several other galleries.

In the last few years, my art has taken a new direction as I work with pastels and acrylics and explore the use of brighter colors and texture, often painting

horses, birds, trees and impressionistic Native American themes.

I am self taught and have been painting professionally for nearly 30 years.

I am now living in the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina.

I believe the relationship between our environmental problems and human hostilities can be understood more deeply from the messages found in ancient wisdom and from the themes found in nature ... and thru this understanding we will find ways to become more personally responsible for making the changes necessary to live peacefully on this earth. This is the basis of my art ... to help make this connection .