A Brief Bio
I was grew up in Kansas City and in San Antonio, Texas. I've also lived in Taos, NM, the Bay area, and Portland, Oregon, but recently returned to my roots, in Kansas City. I create original paintings as well as reproduction prints and jewelry based on my artworks. I sell primarily through wholesale, to stores that focus on selling handmade products. I also enjoy teaching adult painting classes, through community centers and "Paint and Sip" classes.

Artist's Statement
I think of creating art as a "dreaming meditation". My interests in archetypal psychology, metaphysics, the natural sciences, and art history are also apparent in my works.

My explorations of painting began with oils on canvas, expanding to painting on panels, then carved wood, I now paint most frequently on panels or on plexiglass, stacked in a shadow-box frame. I tend to work in a manner of free-association, or sometimes from a collage or drawing... though everything changes once the painting begins. The best paintings, for me, are always those that create themselves.