“I have been painting for 47 years. I always wanted to paint with oils and purchased a kit when I was a young mother and began with decorative and Tole painting. I later switched to landscapes and flowers. I have always used one brand of oils because I knew what colors I was going to get when I mixed them, and could find them any where I traveled in the U.S. and Mex. I also have painted using colored inks with some acrylic textures.
In the last 15 years I have painted scenes of the Baja on the Sea of Cortez. We spent 5 Winters there and I found many subjects. A few things that particularly struck me were the use of arches in the back walls of many buildings, in the rancho’s haciendas and also public buildings and that they usually lead into a garden. Bougainvillea has nearly gone wild and the colors are spectacular!
The sun is very strong and the land looks very blanched and faded, and as a consequence many people use vivid colors on their homes, buildings and in their clothing.
We were fortunate on one trip home to see the desert bloom and it was a fantastic sight, as if everything had to bloom within 2 days!

God has put beauty all around us wherever we are and we can paint to share everything we see.”