You know those moments when you experience flow? When everything drops away and you lose all track of time? That is what art has done for me my whole life. I have been involved in some form of art since I was young. In high school I sketched in graphite for hours on end. I was drawn to detail: the minute changes of light/shadow and positive/negative space. I mean, as a teenager I was enthralled by positive and negative space. You know for that to happen to an adolescent something magical is going on.
In college my academic interest turned toward plant science. My drawings, which until then were of animals, still lifes, portraits, and people, now turned towards plants. It was the first time nature and my love of art met. I worked on an organic farm and spent time creating drawings of multiple plants commingling on a single stem. I began to create more in my art and leave the rigidity of exact detail behind.
My art took a backseat after college, as career, financial obligations and other interests held sway. I went to grad school and became a social worker and then a counselor. In 2012 a magical thing happened. My art bloomed into the realm of color and I began painting professionally thanks to the inspiration of a dear mentor. In 2022 ANOTHER magical thing happened and I busted out into playing with acrylics. And I love doing both - painting oil landscapes and painting abstract and semi-abstract acrylics. I am having a blast.
I show my work by appointment, at events around the greater Portland/Gorge area.
After wandering this way and that, I now live in the beautiful and rugged Columbia River Gorge where the mountains rise quickly on either side of me to two volcanoes: Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams.
In addition to being an artist, I am also a counselor, gardener, and hiker.
In college my academic interest turned toward plant science. My drawings, which until then were of animals, still lifes, portraits, and people, now turned towards plants. It was the first time nature and my love of art met. I worked on an organic farm and spent time creating drawings of multiple plants commingling on a single stem. I began to create more in my art and leave the rigidity of exact detail behind.
My art took a backseat after college, as career, financial obligations and other interests held sway. I went to grad school and became a social worker and then a counselor. In 2012 a magical thing happened. My art bloomed into the realm of color and I began painting professionally thanks to the inspiration of a dear mentor. In 2022 ANOTHER magical thing happened and I busted out into playing with acrylics. And I love doing both - painting oil landscapes and painting abstract and semi-abstract acrylics. I am having a blast.
I show my work by appointment, at events around the greater Portland/Gorge area.
After wandering this way and that, I now live in the beautiful and rugged Columbia River Gorge where the mountains rise quickly on either side of me to two volcanoes: Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams.
In addition to being an artist, I am also a counselor, gardener, and hiker.