News & Events

Upcoming Events, Art Showings and Venues:

• Showing at Markham Winery in St. Helena; Dates are January 7th thru May 1st

• Showing at the Snygria Sushi bar in Coeur d'alene, Idaho from April thru June.

News:

In the beginning, . . .

I had started a small mural painting business. I did work for Day Cares, schools, Churches. One day I was asked to do a mural of Jesus and the miracles he performed.
Following this, the priest asked me to do a mural of the Madonna. He wanted her in Blue. This was my largest piece at that time. 8 by 5 feet. I used pastel on this piece using only my fingers. In the process of this piece I had a spiritual awakening; It was so strong I fell to the floor crying. I had awoken to a new life. I started praying on my knees everyday to the present.Time went by - my family and I started taking Karate lessons, My daughter and I were
Preparing for a tournament. We both decided to get a chiropractic adjustment. For some reason the doctor decided to take x-rays of my neck. Discovering my neck was Broke and was unstable. Same type of injury Christopher Reeves had. The same priest came and anointed me. I had to have surgery immediately. The hospital wanted a will and told me to write my Children letters. The outcome given to me was paralyze, death. The surgery fusion failed. I had to have the same operation again. My physical pain increased. I kept praying even more so. My life had change forever. When the pain was the worst, I went to basics and prayed gratitude for I could walk. I could see the wind move the leaves, watch my children. How blessed I really have become.We found a new physician who did the third operation. I ended up in a Halo for three months. The surgery was a success. My pain still as intense as before.

I suffer from sever muscle spasms, headaches, limited in all physical actions. I painted my first oil during the Halo. Release started to happen when I painted.
I went through physical therapy and painted my largest painting to this day. They had to put me on a timer; I could and still work for only short times. The drive to draw was tremendous... I use a timer every drawing. 45 minutes doesn’t seem like a long time. Some times I make the forty-five minutes sometimes I don’t. If I don’t use the timer I’ll end up laid up in bed on ice and pain medication. One day I went to an art show and found an artist using pastels with his fingers. He told me the hardest thing to draw was the female face. I started focusing on the female face.
These pictures kept coming out of my drawings. Emotional, Passionate, Suffering, Longing, Fear, the list goes on.
It started to heal my own soul full of wounds that I’ve tuck away.