My mission as a landscape painter is about visually recording the rural, agricultural lands, and trees of my beloved Florida. Painters are stewards of our history and culture. We record the experiences and lives of our own time. My legacy as a painter is to leave a visual record of the beauty of rural Florida.


I have been a painter all of my life. I love the woods and the north central Florida landscape where I live. I grew up around farmers and cattle ranchers and live on the rural land of my parents.



I have a lovely country studio behind my home. I live in an old place about 13 miles north of Gainesville, in cattle country. I carved a trail through my land called Deer Woods Trail. My French bulldog Tucker (AKA Studio Dog) and I walk it every day. We enjoy seeing the deer, wild turkeys, raptors, occasional bobcats and foxes who live there. The trail has a good population of tortoises too.


I recently received certification as a Florida Upland and Wetlands Naturalist. I’m proud of that achievement which will help me be an even better painter on Florida’s natural world. I earned my BFA and MFA long ago.