About Me

I was born an Army Brat. With my mother, brother, and sister we followed my father around the world from Army Base to Army Base. Never really belonging anywhere , I didn’t try to make many friends so drawing was how I entertained myself.

When I was young drawing horses was one of my favorite pass times. Art was my favorite subject in school, and because we traveled a lot, I can honestly say that nature has always fascinated me. I’ve never been anywhere that I couldn’t find something to love about the place.

I married young and raised two daughters in Austin, TX working first in data entry and later as a bookkeeper and administrative assistant.

Once the girls were out on their own and I was no longer married I spent some years following another passion of mine as a Tarot Reader and Belly Dancer.

I lived in an RV with my two dogs and followed the fair circuit around the western US doing Psychic Fairs and Renaissance Festivals.

Then one day my oldest daughter called to tell me she had a job in Tucson, AZ and wanted me to come help her settle in. I dropped everything and settled in Tucson myself. Long story short, my daughter and grandson are back in TX but I’m still here in Tucson.

Now, I’m retired so I have the time to follow my first passion of art. My favorite media is pastel though I also love drawing in graphite, carbon pencil or pen & ink, or watercolor and gouache paintings. I am largely self-taught though I’ve taken many workshops from well-known Artists. My favorite subjects are landscape, still life, animals, and abstract.

I look to find the beauty and magic in the world around me and hope with my artwork to show those who view it the value of living on this planet. I prefer to focus on what’s right in this world rather than adding more energy to what’s wrong.