Artist Bio

Most of my life I've felt my art is too personal to share. For this reason, I've avoided showing it most of the time. A few galleries and art events exhibited my work in juried shows and I often won first place, but I wasn't inspired by awards. 

My art has always been a personal expression, an exploration of my own human nature, emotions and intuition. While creating art I'm deeply aware of my place in the vast universe with every brush stroke connecting me to something greater than myself. In this way, it's very solitary. My heart is filled with the purity of creating and the miracles of color and light.

There's a place in my creative process while making final decisions when creativity is effortless. In those moments I trust myself completely and it's deeply satisfying. This experience is opposite day-to-day life where everything is measured, including time itself with calendars and schedules to the day and night rotation of the planet we're on. When my art transcends this, when I tap into the source of creativity, I am where I belong.

My journey as an artist began very young when I wouldn't stop drawing on the walls of my nursery. I excelled in art throughout my school years and majored in Art in college, earning my BFA and later a teaching credential. I've taught art at all grade levels and college classes.

My paintings grace the walls of private collectors, offices, restaurants and various businesses, both large and small, as art enthusiasts discovered and purchased my work over the years.