ABOUT THE ARTIST
Since I was a little girl in Honduras, I've loved using my hands to create things whether on paper, of clay or pieces of fabrics stitched together. I've been fortunate to have the support of loving parents who encouraged my need to create art even if it meant they'd come home to find that  the curtains had now become my latest project. My parents and I always knew I would be an artist.

In 2006,  long after marrying a wonderful husband who is my high school sweetheart, my biggest fan and favorite critic and having two beautiful girls who make wonderful studio company, I graduated with a Bachelors in Fine Arts from the University of Central  Oklahoma.

In college I found amazing professors who introduced me to many thoughts on art, many art skills and techniques. However, traditional techniques in oil painting were not included. So, in 2009 with some oil paints, a few brushes, a pochade (cigar) box, and two instructional books and I was off to my new journey, which was all recorded in my previous blog. I continue to learn from and study the works of old masters such as Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Henri Fantin-Latour, and John Singer Sargent who all still amaze and inspire my work.

I would love to say my work has some deep meaning of love, the purpose of life, or some important social political statement, but that's not the case. My intent is simply to capture the beauty that I see in nature, such as the flowers and beehives in my garden, and those items that show the hand of time or the antiques that simply bring me joy. In college, I told a professor that I just wanted to make pretty things. He said "that is the worst way to describe an artwork." However, I believe pretty things have power. A small flower can carry deep and meaningful symbolism and can be even powerful enough bring happiness in times of mourning. People have sacrificed freedom to acquire that which pleases their eye. Pretty things such as gold, precious stones or a even a tulip, have become the cause of wars or bankruptcy of a nation, as in the Dutch tulip mania. There is a lot of power in pretty things and my fascination with them is what keeps me putting brush to canvas.

In these last few years, I’ve been honored by collectors of my work in countries around the world. Recently my work has been featured on the Jealous Curator and Create Magazine websites. 
In 2018, my work was featured in Romantic Homes magazine and in Victoria Magazine. 
In June of 2019, my work was also feature in Victoria Magazine's book, Our Hearts Are in England.