I have been creating naive, primitive oil paintings for more than three decades. Early on, I was inspired by the folky style of Grandma Moses, the professional name of Anna Mary Robertson Moses (1860-1961), a New England farm wife who started painting in her eighties, and who became an American icon.

I like to tell a story of country life in my art, a life I sometimes wish I had grown up in. It’s easy for me to get caught up in a painting and imagine myself living there. Old farmhouses, barns, ponds, cows, cats, sheep, gardens, quilts, anything to do with country life, arranged in varying and sundry order are the essence of my paintings.

I paint on wood because I can achieve finer details on the smooth surface. I prefer to use antique frames carefully selected to compliment the colors in the painting. I paint each work individually, one at a time, and sell only originals.

I am proud to have been included in the Early American Life magazine’s juried Directory of Traditional American Crafts every year since 2008. It’s like being a member of the Who’s Who of folk art. Also am proud that one of my paintings is in the Wounded Warrior Cafe at Walter Reed Hospital.

2 of my paintings are on book covers and available on Amazon titled Bonneauville Museum vol.1+2.

I live in York County, Pennsylvania, an area rich with history because of the many 18th- and 19th-Century houses that dot the wooded hillsides and valleys. My studio is open by appointment or chance