Welcome
to my web site.
I'm an oil painter who usually uses dogs as the subjects of my
paintings. I live in Vermont with my husband, the writer Julian F.
Thompson. We used to share space with our dog Reggie, who inspired me countless times.
In September we moved to a big old drafty Victorian house Bellows Falls, VT, and
after the air sealing/insulation expert is finished I will be able to make my
new studio warm enough for painting.
Artist's Statement:
Although dogs have been the subjects of my paintings for twenty years, I don't consider myself to be a painter of dogs, per se. Instead, I use my observations of the dog as a means to an end. When I compose a painting I am attempting to capture narrative snippets of universal behaviors. Since dogs are human analogues, emotionally speaking, they serve my purpose well. After using them in over a hundred paintings, I haven't tired of working with their image.
Having spent fourteen years living with a dog and a writer I feel qualified to say that dogs are our emotional equivalents. The writer is better at nuance, given his language skills. But I think dogs provide us with some of the clearest physical expressions of a lot of feelings, such as curiosity, jealousy, or joy. My paintings are all about the nature of what we share with them.