I have been creating art for as long as I can remember. In childhood this included
activities like drawing on lined notebook paper with a No. 2 pencil, constructing a model
of my dream home in a shoebox, and designing fashions for my Barbie dolls. Until well
into my adulthood I put this creative urge on the back burner, occasionally taking an art
class here and there while tending to the “important” details in life, like earning a living,
since I wasnʼt quite able to make the mental leap into a land where art might actually
provide me with an income. I worked in a wide variety of fields, from corporate sales
and marketing to pipeline construction, on a continual quest to find the job that would
bring me personal fulfillment. All of these positions had their merits, but all failed to hold
my interest for more than a few years.
Finally, after many years of asking, “Whatʼs next?” I decided to take the plunge and return to school to study the only thing that had been a constant love in my life—Art. I earned my BFA degree from Memphis College of Art in 2007 and moved to North Carolina in early 2008. Almost immediately, I began indulging a new obsession for collage, which has become my Portals series. In addition to this art form, I am a painter who also loves photography and dabbles occasionally in printmaking. I'm being rewarded for honoring my true calling by being invited to show and sell my work in various venues as well as create specially commissioned pieces. I have never been happier.