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Accidental Truths
Exploring the unexpected through watercolor
  • A New Day, A New Year and A New Series
    I’ve managed to fall behind in this blog as usual. But Dave and I put our heads together today and decided to cast off with the old habits of sloth and take charge of our art once more. Nothing like a new year to bring out the resolution-making in all of us, though I’ve never [...]
  • Unknown Champion
    We went to the DuQuoin State Fair a couple years ago in southern Illinois. It brought back a lot of fond memories of growing up in Indiana and making the annual trek to their state fair. This one was a much smaller version, but there were still all the animal barns and 4-H competitions for [...]
  • Another Form of Telephone
    Fez, Morocco was our last stop on our world tour in 2005 before heading back to reality and our lives. If moving to Mexico could be considered reality. At that point it didn't seem very real, or sane, for that matter. After two months of constant travel I was tired and weary of ever-changing landscape, customs, food, and trying to find cheap but decent lodgings. Morocco was a bit of a homecoming since we'd been there before, but we'd never been to Fez so it wasn't familiar territory.

Artist's Statement

I enjoy the freshness of watercolor and the spontaneity it affords while painting with it. Its fluidity aids the creativity of the works, which I find especially pleasing.

I am a self-taught artist, having come to it by way of careers in nursing and health care management. Along the way I've nurtured the part of me that is inspired by the visual and have jealously guarded my time to create. The results of this persistence and tenacity are the watercolors here on my web pages. Inspired in equal parts by the ordinary and exotic, the paintings represent my continued sense of curiosity, wonderment, and awe at the world around me.