I’m a Baby Boomer ... still curious ... still learning, sharing and teaching what I know.

After helping others for thirty years as a condo lawyer resolving problems and writing two books and over 40 helpful publications, maintaining two blogs, and providing   legal services to homeowner associations and the people that live in them, I retired to a life of writing, art and road tripping. 

My legal career was hectic. Now the pace a bit slower. I am still writing, in addition to generating art and sharing daily thoughts I hope will I help people, as I absorb more of life, embrace creativity, and enhance my inner and outer vision, while keeping things simple.

I'm a more or less self-taught artist and teacher with multi-workshop training in many mediums: photography, watercolor, acrylic, mixed media, Photoshop, iPhone iPad art, and creative writing. 

During the Pandemic, everything changed, and like for most, it meant more time on my hands. 

2020 was a good year to finish up projects! One thing I finished was a Memoire about my prickly relationship with my father, published by Outskirts Press, called THE GREAT GRANDPA CHRONICLES. And a prose anthology was produced in Benicia this year called THE CARQUINEZ REVIEW, containing stories from local writers including a story from my Memoire. I was doubly honored by being asked to provide the cover image. These are two milestones of 2020 for me.

2020 was a good year to teach online! The pandemic isolated many people, and led to a desire to work and learn from home. Seekers of classes and art schools looked for alternatives to on-site learning, and zoom boomed! I scrambled to create classes and opportunities to share my art through this methodology, and came to love it. It affords students to see up close exactly what I am doing in a demo, and to work along step by step, and to see the images shown in high def. I allowed me to teach more widely for art centers, and serve a wider art community.

My philosophy is driven by a desire to keep things simple and have fun! I continue to write and create art, and share thoughts on Facebook with friends.  It's the best tool in the world for taking pictures, making art, dictating stories, and producing art and books. I can expand on things on the iPad and PC when at home working or teaching.

While I enjoyed a full life with many friends in Benicia, California, for the past 40 years, I relocated in Hillsborough, NC November of 2025 to be closer to my two children, five grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. 

PS  Among the other things, I am a Passion Test Facilitator. If you want to know more about what that means, you can check out the cornerstone website: The Passion Test.com.  I live it and pave a path for others to follow and benefit from understanding it.

 My life is immersed in creativity, love, and fun. PERFECT. I hope you enjoy my art and website. joined THE KATE SHU COLLECTIVE and THE MONARCH SHOPPE in 2026. and you can find a link to many artful gifts on the home page.

From my road trip collection. 

Canada, Lake Louise

2019

iPhone Teacher

Now a Great Grandma!