I am my most authentic when in my studio. My deep yearning for connection—to my own self and to others—is most directly accessed and expressed through painting. It is essential to who I am.

Although my education was focused on the visual arts, my creative life also included a career as an actor and singer. I lived in New York for twenty years and performed in venues from Broadway to Lincoln Center to the avant-garde scene of the East Village. During this time, I continued to study art and exhibit in New York. For me, both art and theater are ways of telling a personal story, whether that is through words and music or color and form.

Some years ago, painting emerged as my singular creative passion, and I returned to its pursuit full time.

For many years, I painted abstract landscapes. More recently I have turned my attention to pure abstraction.  

Abstract painting allows me to wander beyond the confines of representation and enter a creative space where yearning, resilience, and joy speak more directly than they could in my previous work. Painting is a spiritual discipline for me, and this more open and intuitive form of practice taps into that inner exploration. It allows me to access a deeper honesty and rawness in my work. For me, this shift feels more like a return than a departure; a centering; a way of telling a story that can’t be put into words.

Select Exhibitions

Art and Light Gallery, Greenville, SC

Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SC

Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville, SC

Charles Cowles Annex, New York City