I recommend painting to anyone. Painting is good therapy. My art has brought tremendous joy to my life. My paintings have become increasingly colorful. When I look at one of my paintings, I know where I was emotionally at the time and what I was thinking. In that way, my paintings are like a personal journal.

I feel privileged to show  my art at the Children's National Medical Center. Since painting my "America's Children I," I have wanted an affiliation with a children's group. For quite some time, I had envisioned painting my children paintings. In February 2001, I began painting my "America's Children I." I had kept the central character the same in my "America's Children II" and America's Children III." Some of the children are inspired by pictures given to me by family or friends. Others are simply made up.

in my multiple panel paintings, I try to balance the color and composition in a way so that the paintings do not appear overly or intentionally balanced to the viewer. I paint every section to stand on it's own. Yet, my goal in some of these series is to connect the center panels so that when places together they  form one artistic subject.

Painter's block .... I can not remember experiencing. I do not have enough time to paint; a lifetime would not be enough. The morning after I have painted reminds me of Christmas morning as a child when I could not wait to get up and open my presents. I always enjoy getting up and going downstairs to see the new additions to my paintings in progress.

I appreciate all the support of the children's National Medical Center, my friends, other artists, and the Capitol Hill Community.