about me
A few years ago, I discovered that I live very close to a wonderfully fantastical world of my imagination. It’s just beyond the edge of the woods, a slight bend to the left, then a little to the right, and nowhere near the deepest, dark depths of the woods. It’s a place of life and laughter and vivd colors. Many unique people & creatures inhabit this area of the woods and slowly, one by one, through my artwork I am meeting them & getting a glimpse into their world.
background
inspiration
background
Originally trained in the photographic arts, I could not wait to get my hands into paint. To experience the immediate response between colors and lines on the canvas was something I couldn’t get in the darkroom. Although I have taken many detours from the arts, including obtaining a degree in Marine Biology and the raising of 4 children, I never strayed too far from my desire to create.
process
inspiration
background
I do not start my pieces with a preconceived idea or image. My work incorporates layer upon layer of acrylic paint, pencil, oil pastel, and ink. Constantly turning the image as I go, I let the piece tell me what it needs next & wait to see who or what emerges. Just as one might find shapes in the clouds, I find images in the colors, lines
I do not start my pieces with a preconceived idea or image. My work incorporates layer upon layer of acrylic paint, pencil, oil pastel, and ink. Constantly turning the image as I go, I let the piece tell me what it needs next & wait to see who or what emerges. Just as one might find shapes in the clouds, I find images in the colors, lines, & shapes of my paintings. Each layer works to build and add to the story behind each image.
inspiration
inspiration
inspiration
As a child I spent as much time as possible in the world of my imagination. Whether it involved gnome holiday decorations, a stapler & a box of paper, or making up games with my friends, I was all in. I am forever influenced by children’s artwork as well as the freedom they have as they create. Nothing inspires me more than going on a fli
As a child I spent as much time as possible in the world of my imagination. Whether it involved gnome holiday decorations, a stapler & a box of paper, or making up games with my friends, I was all in. I am forever influenced by children’s artwork as well as the freedom they have as they create. Nothing inspires me more than going on a flight of imagination with my children to places previously unknown to us.
where i am, what i’ve done & where i’m going to be:
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past events and shows:
2020
Dec 2020 Micro Galleries Project/Forward:2047
Oct 2020 Hyde Park Bar & Grill, Duval solo show
May 2020 Art Art Art 2, Art for the People, Austin, Tx
May 2020 MGZ Hand in Hand Associate Editor
April 2020 the 100 day project
Feb 2020 MGZ Special Edition #02- Global Day of Creative Action Associate Editor
Jan 2020 Art of Celebration, Art for the People, Austin, Tx
2019
Dec 2019 Hyde Park Bar & Grill -Westgate, Austin, Tx
Oct 2019 Where Are WE Going?, Art for the People, Austin, Tx
Sept 2019 MGZ: Global day of Creative Action contributing artist
Sept 2019 MGZ Special Edition: Global Day of Creative Action Sea Level 2080
Sept 2019 Red Dot Art Spree, Women & their Work, Austin, Tx
June 2019 Adventure, Fantasy, & FUN, Art for the People, Austin, Tx
May 2019 selected as one of the Micro Galleries International Artist Collective
May 2019 5x5 Art Show, benefitting The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Dallas Tx
April 2019 Solo exhibition, Hyde Park Bar & Grill-Central, Austin, Tx
April 2019 guest artist, The Art of Giving, Dell Children’s Hospital, Austin, Tx
March 2019 added to Thought Provoker series on Voyage Houston
Feb 2019 Brushfire Collection Catalog show- Soma Vida, Austin, Tx
2018
Nov 2018 Solo exhibition, Hyde Park Bar & Grill -Westgate, Austin, Tx
Sept 2018 Solo exhibition, Hyde Park Bar & Grill-Central, Austin, Tx
Sept 2018, Abstraction, Texas State University, Round Rock, TX. A juried show by Round Rock Art Arts
Oct 2018, The Really Affordable Art Show, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, Brooklyn, NYC. Juried by Brinda Kumar, Assistant Curator, Modern & Contemporary Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art
May 2018 West Austin Studio Tour, Austin, Tx
May 2018 5x5 Art Show, benefitting The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Dallas Tx
May 2018 Due WEST, WEST Group show, Big Medium, Austin, Tx
April 2018 guest artist, The Art of Giving, Dell Children’s Hospital, Austin, Tx
April 2018 Hyde Park Bar & Grill -Westgate, Austin, Tx
2017
Nov 2017 Solo exhibition, Hyde Park Bar & Grill-Central, Austin, Tx
Nov 2017 East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, Tx
Nov 2017 Due EAST, EAST Group show, Big Medium, Austin, Tx
May 2017 West Austin Studio Tour, Austin, Tx
May 2017 Due WEST, WEST Group show, Big Medium, Austin, Tx
May 2017 5x5 Art Show, benefitting The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Dallas Tx
April 2017 featured in Almost Real Things…Issue 6
April 2017 guest artist, The Art of Giving, Dell Children’s Hospital, Austin, Tx
Jan 2017 Hyde Park Bar & Grill -Westgate, Austin, Tx
Jan 2017- Mexic-Arte Museum Mix 'n Mash Exhibit
2016
Nov 2016 East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, Tx
Nov 2016 Due EAST, EAST Group show, Big Medium, Austin, Tx
Dec 2016 Solo exhibition, Hyde Park Bar & Grill -Westgate, Austin, Tx
May 2016 West Austin Studio Tour, Austin, Tx
May 2016 Due WEST, WEST Group show, Big Medium, Austin, Tx
July 2016 Solo exhibition, Hyde Park Bar & Grill-Central, Austin, Tx
2015
Dec 2015 Armadillo Art Bizarre, Austin, Tx
Nov 2015 East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, Tx
Nov 2015 Due EAST, EAST Group show, Big Medium, Austin, Tx
Nov 2015 Hyde Park Bar & Grill -Westgate, Austin, Tx
2015 Slotin Folk Fest, Atlanta, Ga
June 2015 Solo exhibition, Blue Dahlia -Westlake, Austin, Tx
May 2015 West Austin Studio Tour, Austin, Tx
May 2015 Due WEST, WEST Group show, Big Medium, Austin, Tx
March 2015 Solo exhibition, Hyde Park Bar & Grill-Central, Austin, Tx
2014
Nov 2014 East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, Tx
Nov 2014 Due EAST, EAST Group show, Big Medium, Austin, Tx
May 2014 West Austin Studio Tour, Austin, Tx
May 2014 Due WEST, WEST Group show, Big Medium, Austin, Tx
2013
Nov 2013 East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, Tx
Nov 2013 Due EAST , EAST Group show, Big Medium, Austin, Tx
May 2013 West Austin Studio Tour, Austin, Tx
Pre-parenthood
1998-1999 Started & ran photography program, Alvin Community College, Alvin, Tx
1997 Fotofest with WiVLA, ETUI, Houston, Tx
1997 Round Top Art Festival, Round Top, Tx
1996 Envelope Show, Artables Gallery, Houston, Tx
1996 Round Top Art Festival, Round Top, Tx
1996 Women in Visual and Literary Arts group show, Houston, T