My passion for painting began during my residency in Hawaii in 1960 when I took painting lessons from Yamato. In addition to the oriental art influence I also recognize the importance of the impressionists and post-impressionists on my art.

When I permanently injured my right arm in 1984, I began painting with my left hand, which resulted in a looser, more abstract style of aerial views of landscapes and cityscapes, while my watercolors moved towards mystical symbols and rainbows, with washes of vibrant colors.

 Although I have been an artist in various media for many years, I became fascinated with fractals in the 1980's.  In 1990, I moved from Illinois to Tennessee and developed a painting style that became more expressionistic and abstract, from the influence of working as an art therapist. As a retired art therapist, the expressionists and visionary artists, such as Kandinsky and his philosophy, have influenced my painting style in oil, acrylic and watercolor.  Recently, I have begun creating fractals, and digital collages.  I have been able to import pictures of my paintings and mixed media artwork into the fractal program and manipulate them as fractals.  Then I export them, paint them digitally.  This in turn, impacts my painting style of dots and tied dyed effects that have been compared to Rorschach ink blots.

I have recently had exhibitions at the Customs House Cultural Museum in Clarksville, Hopkinsville Community College and the Downtown Artists Cooperative. 3 digital collages were accepted in the "8th Annual Collage and Mixed Media International Art Exhibit" at Upstream People Gallery in Omaha NE, and "Mexico Mitote" is one of 16 works given special recognition by the judge.