Artist Statement

After growing up in Miami Florida I lived for a number of years in Richmond Virginia. It was there where I raised my son and earned my B.F.A. in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Fine Art. Later, I returned to South Florida and work full time as an artist.

Sanibel Island
Arts and Crafts Fair
Sanibel Community Center
Saturday February 14th and
Sunday February 15th 2009

Whale and Dolphin
Conservation Society

The story of a dream, Im told,
Of sailors from the times of old.
The mermaid stories would unfold,
The mermaid prints were made of gold.

A ship at sea, the mermaid sees,
The fog rolls in and takes the breeze.
It's perfect for the mermaids tease.
The mermaid prints were meant to please.

A sailor sees the mermaids trail,
He strains to see some more detail.
The mermaid marks another male,
The mermaid prints on every sail.

Throughout the tales of maritime,
The mermaids lured the sailors prime.
The sailors heard the mermaids chime,
The mermaid prints another rhyme.

On ships they sing the mermaids song,
The mermaid dreams of sailors strong,
The mermaids here and then she's gone.
The mermaid prints her whole life long.

We're all part of the mermaids scheme,
When fog rolls in a steady stream,
The mermaid prints are all supreme,
The sailor prints the mermaids dream.

Some years go by without a glimpse,
"The mermaids gone," a sailor hints,
"Perhaps we haven't seen her since,
She's finally met her mermaid prints."