About the Artist

It is difficult to point to a moment in time when I began making art. I like to think I was born an artist, as all children are. I believe I was designed with a curiosity and a desire to create, but it didn't start with putting marks on paper. It began by noticing the delicate structure of wildflowers, the graceful bends in grasses and reeds, and the ornate architecture of branches overhead.  

Growing up, I always knew more names of flowers and trees than celebrities. Still do. I am thankful for the time I spent in my mother's gardens or off on an adventure down some abandoned logging trail with my family. It's where I learned to appreciate the quiet, still places and see the beautiful detail in the ordinary. These landscapes—marked by autumn’s crisp edges, the golden haze of summer, and the stillness of fog-draped mornings—live at the heart of my work. I paint because it brings me joy, and I simply want to add to the beauty I see in my small corner of the world.  ​

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​As my children grow and begin building lives of their own, I have found more time and purpose in sharing my work with others. Two of my children are serving in the Army, and a third hopes to follow in their footsteps. Painting gives my hands and heart something meaningful to do in their absence, while the sale of my work helps make it possible for me to travel and spend precious time with them whenever I can.

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Above all else, I am a Christ follower. My hope is that these works give the viewer a glimpse of the subtle yet profound grace that renews the soul day by day. ​

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"I will sing to the Lord as long as I live, I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

Let the meditations of my heart be pleasing to Him. As for me, I shall be glad in the Lord."

Psalm 104:33-34

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