Since my retirement from my science career in 2014, I have, as my friends say, started a second career as an artist.  The Pandemic helped launch a part of that, as in my studio, I found myself painting every day.  Because art had always been in my life I had enough supplies on hand, watercolors, pastels, acrylics and charcoals to keep me busy.  It was like an art retreat! My paintings often reflect my love of the Oregon landscape, the ocean, and my travels to Europe.

I have been in Oregon for over 50 years and chose to move to Corvallis a few years ago.  Here I have found Vistas and Vineyards Plein air group and the Corvallis Art Guild.  Through the Guild I have displayed my art in several venues in Corvallis:   the Grace Center, Creative Framing, Timberhill, the Samaritan Oncology Center and the Samaritan Internal Medicine Group and the Corvallis Montessori School.  Just a bit north of Corvallis, you can find my art at the John Stromme and Friends Art Gallery in McMinnville.  Very happy to now be a part of the Northside Open Studios Tour!    I enjoy my art and want to share it with you!