I paint to bring the past into the present and to restore a reverence for things lost or displaced. As Caroline Casey says, “to restore to living memory something that has been forgotten.”

Some of my paintings are portraits of women and animals from my imagination. Other paintings take on more narrative, with symbols from my dreams and unconscious that surface on the canvas. I use metaphor to suggest that anything might happen; that reality is fluid and layered.

In my mixed-media work, I attempt to let the elements tell a story, primarily using whatever materials are on hand; recycling fragments of a past into a meditative present. The ideas of prayer and ritual are akin to making art for me. Art is a language I can use to attempt to articulate the less rational and more mysterious realms of being human.

I received an Undergraduate Degree, with honors, in Interdisciplinary Studies at John F. Kennedy University and have completed graduate courses at San Francisco State University in the Women's Studies Department. I am a former board member with WidowSpeak, a non-profit literary project and humanitarian effort, benefiting widows worldwide.