[ Eclectic Visual Artist ]

Artist Bio

Born in Florida, I’m a self-taught expressionistic artist who has been creating, showing, and exhibiting my work since 1993. Over the years, I’ve lived in Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Kentucky, and Indiana, carrying my art—and an ever-growing collection of life experiences—with me.

Painting has been part of my language for as long as I can remember. Before I could fully articulate my feelings with words, I found a way to express them with a paintbrush. That relationship with art has never really changed.

My work is intuitive, emotional, colorful, and often a little eccentric. I’m drawn to the places where humor, vulnerability, memory, absurdity, and beauty collide. I don’t always begin with a clear idea of what a painting is supposed to become. Sometimes I simply start—and let the painting tell me what it needs to be.

After more than three decades of creating, art remains my favorite form of communication. It is my release after long days spent behind a computer and leading others. It is a place where I can be completely honest without having to explain myself.

I’m a wife of 22 years, a mother, grandmother, adopted-mom, and proud dog Mom. I’m sober, a cancer survivor, and a lifelong believer that there is always another story to tell, another layer to uncover, and another reason to pick up a paintbrush.

For me, art isn’t just something I make.

It is how I speak.
It is how I process.
It is how I survive.
It is how I celebrate being here.

Smile even if they can't see it. Laugh during these long days.
Love, love in your kind ways.