BIO
About me +
What inspires me
"For me, the best part about my work is letting my brush and pencil tell the story, recording my impressions in time."
I am an artist, designer, and author. I have been drawing and painting since the time I could first hold a pencil or brush as a child. I found that creating art was an extension of me that came naturally throughout my life.
My artistic journey began in the theater of arts. I continued my love for the arts with a BFA from the Academy of Art in San Francisco where I studied Art History and Lithography extensively, drawing and painting. To experience art is the highest compliment. That in itself is the driving force behind my creations.
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My work has been featured in Southwest Art Magazine and Kaiser Permanente Medical Journal. In 2017, I wrote and illustrated my first book, “An Altar of Change” in which I explored the relationship between the human condition and technology. I hope to write and illustrate children’s books to help children learn through experiencing art that can feed their imagination.
Art, as in life, is an ever-changing, powerful expressive force. I create art to capture the essence of an event, place, mood, or experience in my life while I was connected in the moment.
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I feel there is a human element and connection through history that is deeply embedded in the evolution of civilizations that cannot be disguised or avoided. Which gives a place it's character and presence.
My creative process seeks out the unusual or something beyond itself. My comfort lies in the strokes of a pencil or brush so my creations dance onto the canvas through paintings and drawings. I appreciate the expression of movement, fluid expressive marks, and brushwork with the exploration of patterns, colors, and textures to bring mood and emotion to life.