T'is difficult for me to speak of self, but I will try to give you a 'cameo' of who I am and what makes me tick. I was born in the department of 'Cote d'Or' in Burgundy, France. My interest in art started in Poligny, Jura, France where 'dessin' was part of the school curriculum, I was then about 12 years old. The desire of painting never left me since. I have always been influenced by every place I lived in or visited, but my muse did not visit me until I immigrated in the U.S.A. and found myself in Maine where the beauty of its coast, harbours, fishing boats awakened my...more