I am a 38 year old Texas native, with a background in the Los Angeles costume and makeup industry. My work took me all over the world, most notably to India on and off for several years. I came to painting later in life after leaving that career due to a combination of burnout and my ageing parents needing some help at home.
I found love of all sorts back in my tiny hometown. First I got back to nature, then I began painting, then I met my partner and then we had my daughter. Now we all live together with my 82 year old mother, the artist I "got it from," in a house full of color surrounded by the wildlife I love so dearly.
Though I'm far removed from it now, the sights, smells, sounds, and colors of many exotic travels from my life past have never faded in my mind. Taking forms of all the strange and gorgeous wildlife I have always found so mesmerizing, those ghosts continue to guide my hand every time I sit down to paint.
