I've been drawing and painting since early childhood, and exhibited my work as a professional fine arts painter for almost thirty years, but when I took my first botanical art class I knew I'd found my true calling. I've always loved plants and flowers, and am an avid gardener. Many of the plants you see illustrated here I grow in my garden, others are wildflowers that are rare or endangered and cannot be cultivated in gardens because they need very specific environments. I prefer to work from life whenever possible, but when it's not possible I work from my own photographs.

I also love plein air painting, and enjoy hiking in nature and being outdoors whenever the chance presents itself. I've been lucky to have had the opportunity to be Artist-in-Residence on seven occasions, in different places here in the U.S. and abroad.