About the Artist

I have always wanted to paint, to put on canvas the colors I see.  After graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill, I lived in New York and London returning to my North Carolina roots in the late 80's.  After taking drawing and water color classes from Lucy Gardner and Terry Baucom for 6 years, I found the Braitman Studio in 1997 and then Curt Butler studios and there was able to find my own style and expression in the medium of oil.  It allows me to create an expanse of color using a broken color technique to enhance the value and images.  Drawn to landscapes and still life, any image where light and color dominate inspire me.  Both the American and French Impressionists capture my imagination and I delight in the use of a stroke to define an image.  My Grandmother, Jean Dayton West, was a magnificent artist painting hundreds of portraits and when I paint I feel close to her.

Local Auctions

Art with Heart 2010

Art Soiree 2012

Shain Gallery Small Works Show 2013, Charlotte, NC

Shain Gallery Small Works Show 2014

Seven Sisters Gallery, Black Mountain, NC - featured artist Spring 2015

Shain Gallery Small Works Show 2016

Shain Gallery Small Works Show 2018

Tyler White Gallery, Greensboro, NC