About Me

I am a self-taught artist living and working in the Pacific Northwest.  As soon as I began painting 16 years ago, I immediately fell in love and knew that I was hooked.  While there have been many turns in the road, I can admit that I really enjoy painting and making things, and all of it has given my life immeasurable purpose and meaning.
​All of my creative inspiration comes from the records and observations I make from the natural world.  Sometimes it is a mark or a pattern of marks, or even a kind of shorthand, yet all of it signifies what is there.​Over the previous several years, I have gradually turned toward what we categorize as abstraction.  This is partly because with abstraction, the language for understanding is broader, and there is more freedom for expression, particularly when perspectival space is done away with.   In this new abstract space, I can explore drawing and nurture tensions between form and line.  I can explore texture and surface.  I can freely experiment with the physical depths of each work.  At times, what seems to be a metaphysical conclusion can be reached in the final design.  For me, these new discoveries have been very exciting.​