I was born and raised in New York City and graduated from Tulane Medical School in New Orleans. While in med school, I had my first one woman art show and practiced medicine in NO for almost 20 years before retiring from my Ophthalmology practice after my husband died in 1985. I moved to Santa Barbara in 1995 to be a full time artist. Missing medicine I went back to doctoring part-time in 2007 and moved back to New Orleans in 2013, to paint and practice.

I have painted life-size commissioned portraits for the Robert Mondavi Culinary Awards of Excellence, Mick Jagger, Queen Noor of Jordan, Chefs Paul Prudhomme, Emeril Lagasse, Julia Child, and Carol Burnett's cat, Mabel. In 2013, when I returned to New Orleans, I painted the Louis Armstrong French Quarter Summer Fest poster of SATCHMO!

I enjoy painting figurative work, children, pets, motorcycles, and landscapes. My loose style typifies the energy and fun that is my work.

Please contact me through the messaging tools or email info@whereyart.net for inquiries or to purchase work.

Describe your art in three words. Emotional, fun, warm

Describe yourself in one word. In-the-moment

What do you love the most about creating art in New Orleans? What particular part of your immediate environment, in your neighborhood specifically influences your work? I love the curlicues and soft old lines of everything New Orleans

Describe your creative process. Are there any rituals or rites of passage you exercise before you begin a new piece? I have to have my music on

Where do you draw inspiration? Living things

Who are your artistic influences or gurus? Matisse and Alice Neel

In New Orleans, art and music go hand in hand. What type of music, band or song lyric best describes your work? Jazz vocals

Where can we find you when you are not creating art? Dinner with friends

What is your favorite time of day/day of the week/month of the year? When I'm painting an lose all track of time

What is something people don’t know about you? A fun fact. I still practice medicine part-time

All works listed online are available to be viewed at Where Y’Art Gallery by appointment.

Upperline

Emeril's

Brigtsen's

Dooky Chase Restaurant

Bayona

Serenade- New Jersey

Ochsner Health Systems- too many to individually name

Please allow two weeks for art to be shipped. Because my art is large it needs to be specially crated to be shipped. For quotes on shipping please send me a message through the messaging tool on my profile. All shipping costs will be billed separately.