My experience in the various media for art is extensive. I have settled on most of my two dimensional works being in paint or fibers. I enjoy both oils and acrylics and find because of my early training in oils I tend to handle acrylic very like oils. Because I am a colorist I tend to use loads of color and rarely or never use black from a tube (of course I mix my blacks). I use both brush and palette knife in my work and find each useful in its own way. Most of my colors are mixed on the canvas giveing me a great control of both color and value in my work.

    Because my first Masters Degree was in Art Education, I have training in most media, including watercolor and pastels and of course drawing but have not pursued these media as I have moved on in my art work.

    I also enjoy mixed media work and find that I tend to go to mixed media for my more whimsical art.  I have a mixed media series on “Red Hat Ladies” and that has been an enjoyable journey.

    My work in fibers have focused on design and construction of Rya rugs.  Rya is a Scandinavian rug technique which uses the ghiordes knot for each yarn tuft. The ghiordes knot is also used in hand made Persian carpets. The scarcity of genuine wool Rya yarns in the USA and the lengthy time commitment makes the creation of the rugs a slow and labor intensive process.