New Orleans Series

Just thinking of New Orleans makes me nostalgic for the city that has long captivated
my imagination and sensory perceptions. I have had many important life experiences 
in this seductive place starting with my first vacation when I was a baby. Later, my family gravitated there from Tennessee every few years. During college, I visited the city many times with my roommate who was from Louisiana. During college, I married and went on my honeymoon there. On my honeymoon I conceived my daughter Lara there. She, in later life, lived and married there. My ex-husband died there. So, over the years, I have deeply embraced that city and all of its lures.

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The city is so alluring with its French, African American, Creole, Cajun, and Spanish influences in a tropical setting. It is a city that has attracted artists and musicians since its inception. The architecture and food is known throughout the world.

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That seductiveness inspired my paintings entitled Crescent City, Mardi Gras Time,
and The Second Line (referring to their special parades for noteworthy funerals and weddings).

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The other paintings in this series were compelled by my personal sense of grief over catastrophic Category 5 Hurricane Katrina of 2005. I cried on and off for five days.
During this period, I painted what I was feeling, resulting in Animal Shelter, Superdome, and The Aftermath.

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