My painting mediums are watercolor and oil; as a watercolorist living and working in a humid climate for many years, imagine my surprise when I moved to the dry, high desert of Estes Park! I made the move to oils, enjoying their longer drying time. I make sketches using watercolor, but now use it as a way to plan an oil painting. Artist influences include Ed Mell, Mary Sims, Georgia O”Keefe, John Singer Sargent. All of them have one thing in common - the depiction of light and shadow. I paint whatever subject matter inspires me, be it portraits to landscapes.