POET

I wrote my first poem at the age of five because my mother showed me her rhyming dictionary. Poetry has always been good therapy and I have two books of poetry published on Amazon.

Flicker - Ultimate Perspectives - athletic poetry from my seven-year stint at the the helm of the Boone Ultimate Alliance.

Flicker - Trail Notes - Poetry/art about the natural world.

Painter

I also began painting very young when my parents put me in art lessons at the local museum in Washington County, MD. I especially love abstract painting because I can see what’s really going on in my soul.

Puzzler

I have always enjoyed solving puzzles of all sorts to keep the mind sharpened. With the publication of my first two coloring books, I began creating my own which are quite puzzling in reverse.

Pen-and-Inker

Pen and ink affords you the opportunity to define with only one color; a puzzle in and of itself. Coloring book art is such a challenge.

I have two coloring books published on Amazon:

Wildflowers of the Southern Appalachia

The Farmer’s Market

Photographer

I graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in Communication Arts and a concentration in photography. I began as a sports photographer and have morphed over the years into a nature enthusiast.