I crave traveling all over Appalachia meeting and interacting with art lovers and festival goers that enjoy trading stories of hills, hollers and mountain adventures.

     For as long as I can remember, I have retreated to sketching, carving and painting to express myself in a natural way. I am a passionate, versatile, nature craving folk-impressionist. Connection with the natural Appalachian atmosphere fuels my art and I believe the positive energy that I draw from my surroundings stays with the pieces I create and is passed on to the new owner, which is something I call “Nativibes.”I use different mediums to produce my work, watercolor, acrylic, coffee, oil, coal, etc.

     The Hollered Ground series uses paint made from West Virginia coal and is hand ground and mulled by me at the Nativibes Studio & Art Gallery in Mannington WV. The subjects are all Appalachian themed, focusing on local WV critters, landscape and people that give this culture its distinct mountain flair. The coal is found in the streams and hollers one may wander in the heart of West Virginia. My inspiration and subject matter has always been the beauty that surround me during my travels, the mountains, streams and lakes that are part of my blood come out in every piece that I create. I put my heart and feelings on canvas and hang it up for everyone to see, feel or share. It is my hope that when each of my clients take a piece of my work home, they get to experience the joy that created it.