My most serious and intimate relationship has been with art.  We have been best friends, worst enemies, and almost lovers for 20 years.  I think, breathe, and would eat art if it wasn't poisonous.  I live for the scent of melting metal and titanium white.  It gives me this adrenaline rush that compares to no other.  I make different types of art, depending on what is happening within my life.  I've explored grief and loss, to fantasy portraits of Barbie dolls.  I also make apparel scarves because I love the process of felting.  

            I work mostly with canvas or water color paper.  I like the flexibility of the paper, how you can tear it apart and then put it back together.  Paper provides a sense of being able to mess up, which I feel I can't do when I'm working on canvas.  I paint in thin layers that are built up on each other slowly.  I use oils because I like the manipulation that you can get while using them.  There's a sort of fragility in them and a patience that you have to develop to be able to make them malleable.  My themes are varied.  I really appreciate utilizing models and nudes, and capturing the essence of the human figure.  I also enjoy exploring my personal symbols.  Size doesn't really matter because each has a place.  I enjoy working large and therefore love the process of mural making.