About
I was born and raised on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and my artwork depicts the scenes that surround me. I graduated from Mississippi University for Women in 1975 with a BFA in Art Education. I immediately started teaching art in the Gulfport Schools, where I taught for the next ten years. I left teaching to manage my family’s business and to pursue my own personal art career. I studied under Charles Ambrose at both the “W” and the coast at William Carey College.
After fifteen years of being away from teaching, I went back to the profession to teach art at Biloxi High School. I am still pursuing my own art career and work primarily in watercolor. My artwork has been accepted into many juried shows and is shown in galleries throughout the coastal area. After losing my home and studio to the waters of Hurricane Katrina, I have concentrated primarily with originals. What is left of my pre-Katrina art work is on disc and is being brought back to life by the print media. I am a member of the Mississippi Watercolor Society, the Louisiana Watercolor Society, the Ocean Springs Art Association, and the Mississippi Arts Education Association, and the National Art Education Association.
My work is ever changing, like life and like the world. The constant that pushes me forward is my love for the beauty in the world around me: the coastal waters, the sleepy bayous, and the gorgeous creatures that make up the area and give us joy. These are my inspiration. Hopefully, you will find the same in my paintings.