From the rising sunlight reaching across the woodland streams in Pennsylvania to the late afternoon light stretching over the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming, the ever-changing beauty of our fragile home is my inspiration. Describing the landscape or the character in a loved one's face is an immeasurable privilege. With my paintings I hope to prompt a nostalgic memory or inspire another to pause and appreciate the beauty that surrounds us. After having had a rewarding career as a soloist in the opera in Germany I returned to America and enrolled in art classes and workshops with several esteemed artists. I now live in a rural area in Pennsylvania where I am surrounded by a lifetime of incentive to get my paints out.