About the Artist
My Story...(so far, mind you)I didn’t begin my life as an artist in the traditional sense—I arrived here by way of a full, layered life. Before stepping fully into my work, I built a career as a real estate broker and investor, a path that sharpened my eye for detail, structure, and possibility. Over time, though, something quieter kept calling. Not louder—just more persistent.
Choosing to retire from that chapter wasn’t an ending so much as a return. A return to observing, to feeling, to creating without filters.
I grew up in the mountains of Montana, where stillness has a presence of its own and the natural world doesn’t perform—it simply is. That early rhythm shaped how I see everything now, from the posture of a wild animal to the subtle expressions that flicker across a human face. My work lives in those in-between spaces—the unguarded, the fleeting, the honest.
Today, I create alongside my husband and our three beloved beagles, with a life that’s gradually becoming more nomadic. Travel continues to expand my perspective, offering new textures, cultures, and subjects that find their way into my work. Whether I’m painting a person or an animal, I’m less interested in perfect likeness and more drawn to presence—the energy that exists just beneath the surface.
Becoming an artist wasn’t a single decision. It was a slow unfolding. And now, it’s simply the truest way I know how to see—and to share what I see.
My work lives where joy and transformation meet.
After years of carrying responsibility, navigating loss, and guiding others through their own storms, painting became my way back to myself. Before becoming a full-time artist, I worked as a real estate broker and investor. It was a successful life, but not a fully aligned one. Eventually, I chose to retire from that chapter in order to listen more closely to what was asking to be created. Painting offered permission to play again. To follow instinct, curiosity, and humor instead of expectation. It became both a homecoming and a leap.
I work primarily in oil, with occasional mixed media, using bold color, loose strokes, and exaggerated perspectives to explore the inner textures of life: resilience, tenderness, surprise, and the courage it takes to remake yourself midair. I’m especially drawn to expressive subjects, particularly animals, because they reflect a kind of honesty we often forget. A tilted head, a wide golden eye, a slightly absurd expression can hold an entire emotional world.
Movement is a constant source of inspiration for me. I grew up in the mountains of Montana and have always been an explorer, a wanderer, and a watcher. Both literal travel and the quieter internal movement of becoming shape my work. My paintings often carry the energy of transition, that feeling of looking at the world with fresh eyes, noticing small joys, and learning to be surprised again. Reinvention, I’ve learned, is not always about dramatic leaps. Sometimes it begins with tiny sparks of delight pulling us forward.
My process is intuitive and rooted in presence. I paint quickly and let emotion lead rather than precision. I welcome imperfections, drips, and unexpected shapes because they mirror growth itself: messy, alive, and beautiful in motion.
Outside the studio, I am preparing for a nomadic chapter of life with my husband and our three beloved beagles. When I am not painting, you can usually find me wandering mountains and beaches with them, reading, writing, drinking heroic amounts of caffeine, or spending time with my beautiful daughters and granddaughter. These moments of connection, curiosity, and movement continually feed my work.
Ultimately, my goal is to create art that feels like a breath of relief. Work that brings levity to heavy seasons and reminds us that joy is not frivolous. It is fuel. I hope each piece becomes a quiet companion on someone’s journey, gently whispering that reinvention is always possible and that wonder is never out of reach.
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