A Birthday Party or A Child's View is a strong impasto genre scene of children at a birthday party for a two year old girl.  I wanted to capture the view children have of the world at that age when they mostly parallel play.  This painting has a captivating surface quality with winding brushwork and strong color contrast!

The painting is 40" x 25" and in a metal frame.  
I work hard to accurately reproduce my artwork.  This painting looks accurate on my Apple.

ARTIST RETAINS FULL COPYRIGHT OF ARTWORK AND IS PROTECTED BY US AND INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAWS

My paintings have been seen throughout the United States in national, international, and group shows.  I have won numerous awards, including awards from Dorothy Gillespie, May Stevens, Frank Webb, and Daniel Greene. My paintings were in two group shows on Broadway and my biography is included in The Original Marquis Who's Who in America.

I taught in the Art Department of Radford University for a twenty years as Assistant professor.  I taught Art Appreciation, Drawing, Oil Painting, Watercolor painting, Foundations, and served as Gallery Director for one year.

I enjoyed working with Art and Design students.  My Art Appreciation course was “hands-on” and I received many compliments on my course curriculum.  Oftentimes I had students that were not enrolled in the class ask me if they could sit in for a class.  I have fond memories of those guest students!  What a great compliment for me!

My best-selling print, "Reaching Out", was selected from over three million works of art on Fine Art America to be on the set of The Mindy Project and I appeared with my artwork on The Hour of Joy on FoxTV out of Roanoke on March 10th 2013.  

I live to paint and it is important to me to find homes for all of my creations.  I have originals and prints in thirty-two states, Washington D.C.,Canada, Germany, Russia, England,Switzerland, India, and Australia.  

I also have paintings in the private collection of Hollywood actress Morgan Fairchild.