mkrause399@adelphia.net

              Art has always been the passion that drives my life.  I painted in oils as a child, then, in high school, my art major led me to drawing.  Art was soon put on a "back-burner" to raise three children.  In 1988 I was inspired to again pursue my passion.  While taking drawing classes at Moorpark Community College, I was selected to apprentice for Gaye Lynn Laguire, an accomplished California portrait and landscape artist. During this time I learned how to paint in water color, and established my own style.  After a two year apprenticeship, I pulled up stakes and moved with my family to Vermont.

           I have recently picked up my oil pallet again, because there are landscape paintings around every bend.  The light a color in the ever-changing Vermont hills and skies give me endless inspiration for paintings, and I can capture this light more effectively in oils.

                                                                                                          A Field on Pentigill Road

                                                                                                                          Late Afternoon

                                                                                                           Shelburne Farm