Welcome to my art world of paintings

 I was born in Paris and I  live in Paris a couple of months a year. In my twenties I fell in love with San Francisco, my "Paris of the West"  and I settled there. That was forty years ago. 

I come from a family of artists: musicians, painters, photographers, writers, Though music and silence are essential to me I chose to express myself t

 I was born in Paris and I  live in Paris a couple of months a year. In my twenties I fell in love with San Francisco, my "Paris of the West"  and I settled there. That was forty years ago. 

I come from a family of artists: musicians, painters, photographers, writers, Though music and silence are essential to me I chose to express myself through arts and literature. I have written stories and created art since childhood.

 I seek Beauty wherever I am. For me beauty is truth. I am not talking about fake beauty. I speak of beauty with a heart and Truth. Though classically trained and inspired, I navigate many oceans of inspiration in my paintings. As long as God is present I trust my artistic process, the marvels of improvisation and the infinite possibilities.

My first inspiration is my mother. She was a painter who never painted like a child. Her first drawings at five were realistic. She taught me that I needed not paint like anyone ever. That it was essential to remain true to just myself..

I learned to develop my style, to accept my weaknesses and capitalize on my strengths. As long as my pu

My first inspiration is my mother. She was a painter who never painted like a child. Her first drawings at five were realistic. She taught me that I needed not paint like anyone ever. That it was essential to remain true to just myself..

I learned to develop my style, to accept my weaknesses and capitalize on my strengths. As long as my pursuit was sincere, creating art would be my lifelong occupation.

Thanks to Mom I learned to resist art  fads, movements, and not to succumb to someone else's vision for my paintings.. 

My favorite artists are of first Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci. Everyone comes way after them. They are truly the masters of my studio.  Then a whole plethora of artists follows, known and unknown. A few names? Klee, Dufy, Chagall, Modigliani, and Delacroix.

The unknown are  the students I  have inspired, equipped and encouraged to exhibit. I am proud that a few became very successful.

I love staying in touch with children. I love teaching high school art as an elective because I have the opportunity to work with teens, my favorite age group. 

Without my students, at school and privately, I am not sure I would challenge my art and my life as much.