In 1993 I joined a painting class in my hometown. That really was the beginning of art making for me. I don’t remember making art as a kid although I was always drawn to creativity.
I started painting representational pieces using my own photographs pretty much until I took my first collage class. The class changed the way I worked. For many years I did collage after that class-no paint until another change in 2020 when an artist friend and I were meeting to paint still life’s.
I drew the first version of the still life but decided after that experience to try to paint as my friend was very encouraging about me moving forward with painting again.
So another change and so it seems to go-
Fast forward to the present time I do mixed media art which includes acrylic paint, my own designed papers I use for collage and other embellishments.
My art continues to grow as I experiment with new products such as gelli plate printing-collaging layers of painted papers to canvas or wooden panels in an Abstract fashion.
I live in Sonoma County and since moving here have found many enjoyable art opportunities. I have shown my art at Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Graton Gallery, Santa Rosa Art Center, Taylor Lane Organic Coffee, The Livery CoWork in Sebastopol, Redwood Cafe, Viva Mexicana, Coffee and Moore and Umpqua Bank.