About me
Having grown up surrounded by art and artists, I really had little choice. I have been painting, drawing, building, gluing and glittering since I can remember. The majority of my paintings are watercolors, graphic elements or abstracted iconic images reconstructed into color driven mosaics. Sometimes there are secrets and words hidden within the works...sometimes not. I hope that each viewer looks closely and finds their own meaning.
I have been painting seriously for about 25 years, my style developing and morphing into its current form over time. I have found that watercolor is my favorite medium to work in, mostly because I am too impatient for acrylics and oils. The technique I have refined is very meditative for me, and much cheaper than therapy. My subject matter changes frequently, affected by and reflective of what is happening in my world at the time. It has ranged greatly from hearts and skulls, to abstracted landscapes, to nudes, to jellyfish and unicorns. As I move in to the next chapter of my life I'm sure it will evolve again.
As much as I love to paint, I sometimes get distracted by other mediums. I have more beads than I can count, glitter for days and a pile of yard sale furniture just waiting to be repurposed into the ultimate Pinterest project. All in all, I am just a "maker" and I have a family full of "makers" as well. I can't imagine a life that didn't involve creating something.
Education
Arizona State University- B.A. Art Studies
Arizona State University- M.S. Digital Audience Strategy
Selected Shows
2019 Women of the Valley
The Cirque Paonia
2019 Rock. Paper. Feathers.
Needlerock, Paonia, Colorado
2018 Feathers. Petals. Scales.
Center for the Arts, Crested Butte, Colorado
2018 Creature Feature
Blue Sage Gallery, Paonia, Colorado
2017 AquaChroma
The Cirque, Paonia, Colorado
2016 Artists of the Blue Sage Invitational
Blue Sage Gallery, Paonia, Colorado
2016 Farm to Fiddle Festival Juried Exhibition
The Creamery, Hotchkiss, Colorado
2015 Mahaffey Squared
Trinity Cathedral, Phoenix, Arizona
2012 Contemporary Mosaics
White Hills Gallery, Camp Verde, Arizona
2012 MarinMOCA Invitational
MarinMOCA, Novato, California
2011 Arizona Centennial Show
Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, Arizona
2010 Mosaics
Duley Jones Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2009 Pattern Generation
Duley Jones Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2006 Heart Exhibition
Paper Heart, Phoenix, Arizona
2003-2006 Dia de los Muertos Annual Exhibition
Vision Gallery, Chandler, Arizona