"My paintings are about the quest to find and express the poetry in all things."
I am an oil painter in love with the diversity the medium offers. I think of my work as an intuitive exploration into
those physical spaces and things that shape not only one's environment but also, an inner life. My landscapes
are often metaphorical musings of places I'd like to be, or memory-scapes of places I have been. My subjects
range from poetic, meditative landscapes to semi-abstracts that celebrate texture and bold color.
As always, my trusty, paint-caked palette knives and favorite brushes are employed. Paint is often troweled
on with a knife, then scraped back and reapplied revealing layers of intertwined semi-transparent and opaque
paints and thicknesses.
A transplanted Canadian, it is now my great joy to share a Colorado studio and a wonderful art-life with my
husband Wes Hyde, a noted diverse-works artist and plein air painter. I am a member of Plein Air Artists
Colorado (PAAC).
