Watercolor painting began with a local artist, Jo Williams, teaching a class out of her garage in Denton, Texas. I was a University Professor teaching in Communication Disorders and had a young child. I was looking for something that was easy to start/stop as demands required. Little did I know that watercolor was regarded as a “difficult” medium because from the start, I was hooked. Although I am always intimidated by a blank sheet of paper, I thrive on watching what can happen with a brush, a bit of water and a piece of paper and a tube of paint.
Over the years, I learned about the medium from many classes and workshops. I enrolled in Roberta Rogers (Tubac artist) Community College courses. Watercolor 101, 102, 103 which I took several times over. Then, after a move from Texas to New Mexico, I had the extraordinary good fortune of learning from J. K. Drummond whose influence continues in my work.
My good fortune has continued in many ways. For several years, I was represented in Weems Gallery in Albuquerque, NM. Since moving to Montana, I have been in the 4Ravens Gallery and the Radius Gallery in Missoula, Montana. I have also won awards in the New Mexico Society Juried Shows (Albuquerque) and the Santa Rita Watercolor Society Juried Shows (Green Valley.) Now, as a seasonal resident of Green Valley my good fortune is capped by the presentation of my work here in the Turquoise Tortoise Gallery in Tubac.