Beverly is a colorist. She turns ordinary moments into the extraordinary with her vibrant color palette and bold style. Her oil paintings, which hang in many private collections all over the world, are inspired by the dramatic changes of the seasons, and the temperature and light of Napa Valley. Beverly’s style is reminiscent of the early California Impressionists. With bold compositions, unique strokes, and a personal collection of colors, she expresses the universal rhythms of rural life and her love of the countryside. The land itself and our place in it are her favorite themes.

As a student of Richard Diebenkorn in the early 1970s, Beverly was drawn to the qualities of the expressionists and colorists, and her work began an evolution into a vibrant style of her own. She traveled to vineyard regions of Tuscany and Umbria, painting the Mediterranean “colors.” It was this love of the wine country and the tranquility of rural life that brought her to the Napa Valley in 1983.

She starts her paintings with a loose composition, which gives her flexibility to add and subtract elements as she wishes. Starting with dark and muddy tones and moving toward light and brighter ones, Beverly builds colors until finally, after many sessions of layering, a painting emerges. She knows she is finished with a piece when she senses a vibrant, luminous quality which has brought her vision to life.

Beverly is known for her original approach to painting and will guide you as you explore your own techniques. She will help you "loosen up” by not following traditional step by step painting methods. To her, each painting is a journey without a known destination, full of surprises and happy accidents.