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"I want the viewer to feel like every time they look at
one of my paintings, they are each different and unique."

Background

Born into a hardworking family from St. Louis, like most children, I was drawn to art at a very young age. Fortunately, my mother, unlike most of her peers, loved art. She was specifically drawn to the American Abstract Expressionism of the 50s including works by Pollock, Rothko, de Kooning and Helen Frankenthaler, a rare woman artist at a time few were in the field publicly. My mothers attraction to modern art was very unique in that most midwestern familys were far less sophisticated relative to the art world. As a young child my mother and me would attend art classes at the St. Louis Museum of Art, while my father would politely wait in the cafe downstairs with a slice of apple pie and a newspaper. It is from these moments that I decided to become an artist, making the art world my life.

I graduated from Art School at Washington University in St Louis and after meeting my former husband subsequently attended art classes at California universities for ten years. During that time I raised two children and had many successful exhibitions in San francisco, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and San Diego. I created and, for nearly 12 years, managed Peninsula Art Exposure, a non-profit art gallery meant to bolster the works of up and coming unknown California artists.

I have lectured on "Living and Loving Art" to many private groups, and have been a member of the San Francisco MOMA's Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art. I have taught "Seurat's Color Theory" for art students of Crystal Springs High School and most recently instructed the young students of Nueva Day School on the techniques of Jackson Pollock.

Modern Inspirations

I derive never ending inspiration from the works of artists like George Baselitz, Cy Twombly, Joan Mitchel, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Howard Hodgkin, Gustav Klimt and the world renowned visionary Picasso whom had incredible vision and seemingly unlimited energy to create exceptional, thought provoking works.