Eighteen years ago Dru made a real commitment to her art. "Even if I am not working on a painting, I'm painting in my mind. It's always been that way  I'm always looking to stretch myself. It does not mean a conscious change in style, but something better. I paint because I have to. Nature has always been my inspiration. I try to capture her many moods on canvas. Color excites me and I want to share that experience with others."

Dru has received awards and recognition in art shows and her paintings are displayed in galleries in North Carolina and Virginia. Her paintings are part of many private and corporate collections. The subjects of Dru's paintings range from the North Carolina wetlands to the canals of Venice. When Dru is not traveling the countryside looking for new subjects, she can usually be found at home in her riverside studio working on her latest painting.

In 2003 Dru opened Red Rabbit Art Gallery, at 103 West Main Street, Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
 

Red Rabbit Art Gallery represents nationally known portrait artist Wendy Wassink Ackison who paints classical portraiture in Oil, Watercolor, and Pastel.