For as long as I can remember, I have been drawn to art and the natural sciences. My young aspirations included being a children's book illustrator, paleontologist, archeologist, wildlife rehabilitator, astronomer, botanist and biologist.
Traveling extensively throughout North America has only added to my desire to capture on paper what I see in the natural world.
When painting, I use watercolor or acrylic paints, sometimes sharpening details with colored pencil. I use pen and ink for black & white illustrations. I work mostly on watercolor paper or illustration board.
Although I consider myself to be a self-taught artist, I have participated in "formal" art classes at Moore College of Art & Design; Beaver College (now Arcadia University); Bucks County Community College and two amazing week-long seminars with the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators at Eagle Hill/Humboldt Field Research Institute in Steuben, ME. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Yolo County Flood Control & Water Conservation District
Millersville Native Plants in the Landscape Conference
Riverbend Environmental Education Center
BeyondBooks.com
The Montana Natural History Center
Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve
The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
The Farmer's Wife
The American Association of ZooKeepers
Wildflower magazine
Grandiflora magazine
Montana Naturalist magazine
Discovering the Birds and Mammals of the Lewis and Clark Trail - Paul Sivitz/Core of Discovery
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