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I admired the face of this little lady from Saugerties and her wonderful walking stick when I chatted briefly with her in a parking lot by the waterfall during a visit in the Summer 2009. I was too shy to ask her if I could take her photo the first time we spoke, so I was grateful for the second chance to ask her when she appeared right next to the chef statue in front of the Tango Cafe, as I was about to take a photo of it. She kindly agreed to my request for a photo of her and promptly placed her hand in the chef's! I loved the original photo but recently decided I wanted to paint it.

My watercolor and acrylic paintings reflect the diverse cultures and environments in which I have lived or traveled. I am a lover of detail and realism and have drawn or painted all of my life. In my paintings I attempt to bring to the viewer the emotional response I have to the people, landscape or setting I am capturing in paint and hope to inspire the viewer to be drawn to them as I am. My paintings are done in a slow, layering process. My subjects are painted from life, when possible, but more often from original photographs of subjects I have encountered personally and to which I was drawn. I enjoy doing commissioned portraits (please see portrait gallery) and paintings and welcome your requests. Many of my paintings are...