After graduating from Tufts and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and a spell in New York City, I moved to the tiny town of Anza in the Santa Rosa Mountains in southern California to be close to the spectacular desert landscape and spend quite time finding my footing in nature.

Inspired by paintings of Hans Holbein at the Met on visits home, I undertook transitioning from oil to egg tempera painting, using The Craftsman’s Handbook, by Cennino Cennini. I was interested in the friction between this ancient technique, and the bright arid spiky desert plants and vistas around me.

Moving to Hudson in the 90’s, I changed my focus to the trees and forests around me, connecting back to the Vermont landscapes I painted in my youth, but sticking with my odd medium, egg tempera on gesso panel. Painting deepens my relationship to nature.