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I did not take up a brush, charcoal or even a pastel stick until after a career in law and then an abandoned attempt to become a holistic counselor. It was, however, while studying expressive arts that I decided to go to Rhode Island School of Design because I couldn’t depict the images that were haunting me. I then fell in love with drawing and painting. That was in 2003. Since then, I have become a member of Imago Foundation for the Arts in Warren, Rhode Island, where I have acted as Secretary, and a member of the Newport and Bristol Art Museums, curated several local art shows, and acted as juror for a local co-operative gallery. I exhibit my art regularly at Imago and have exhibited at several local venues. My work is an extension of my belief that everything is connected with, and sustained by, an energetic and creative life force. It is that very relationship between and among nature and humanity, conscious and unconscious, matter and anti-matter that is the nexus of my work I use various methodologies to enhance my creative process. Encaustic painting and oil painting are my primary media because the fluidity and translucency of these mediums lend themselves easily to my exploration of our visceral connections to each other and to everything else. I also create ink and charcoal drawings, mixed-media pieces, and dabble in various forms of 3D assemblages. My goal is to create a feeling of communion with each other and the life force that sustains us.