I am an oil painter from East Boothbay ME. I graduated from Northeast Institute of Industrial Technology (Boston, MA) where I studied architectural drafting and design. I also hold a BS degree in technical business from New Hampshire College. I am a member of and exhibit paintings at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation, and the Maine Art Gallery. I am also a member of the Plein Air Painters of Maine and the Charleston Artist Guild. My artwork is based on nature and iconic or architecturally significant buildings. My paintings take on the many forms and colors of natural scenery and architecture as seen in the daily observations of my environment. The well-being of the body and mind is sustained by nature or products of the earth, and I endeavor to express the beauty of the natural world with oil paints to show a personal connection to nature and architecture with art. While my painting process is mostly representational, I am strongly influenced by site observations that may change color, proportion, and form of the subject. I desire to bring the outside in by creating the natural occurring beauty of nature and architecture through art. Oil is the medium I most enjoy but on occasion I work with pastels, or gouache and I also like to decoupage oyster shells.