Watercolors
In 1955, I won a scholarship to attend the Cincinnati Art Academy’s adult summer school. I was 14. That summer, I loved my daily watercolor class in the neighborhood of Eden Park. En plein air is still my first choice. Each winter, I am eager for the weather to become warm so I can get out and paint. My best work is created in the city and country landscape. My ideas come from responding to what I see. I sit before the subject and begin to paint when the view before me cannot be contained any longer. I like watercolor because the medium is direct, quick, and spontaneous, I like the transparency and brilliance of Watercolors.
Landscapes
Over the years I have painted in the country surrounding my small Pennsylvania county seat. My husband’s family were located in a quiet pretty township in the Poconos. A small lake, Paradise Falls, and four mountain streams passed close by.
Architecture
I grew up in Cincinnati. The city streets and houses along them became my first subjects. I delight in the composition and layering of buildings, roofs, chimneys, steps, and garages with light and shade playing against the shapes.
Flowers
Still life’s, usually with the presence of a bouquet on my table, are a frequent subject. As I eat and look, I become fascinated with the possibility of seeing if I can paint a response that conveys what I saw and felt.