Artist Statement

 As a little girl I would search through my mother’s art supplies and was intrigued hearing stories of my grandfather who painted scenes from memories of his childhood in Switzerland.   Someday, I thought, I want to be an artist too. 

I started college pursuing an art degree but practicality had me soon earning a business degree.  I have always been interested in following my passion for art but life as a busy wife and mother of three kids became my priority.  It took a serious case of breast cancer in 2002 to convince me get back to chasing my dream.  I took my first class at Glassell School of Art (Houston, Texas) in 2003 and have been painting ever since. 

One of the things I enjoy most about painting is that my eyes work as camera lenses as I travel about my daily surroundings looking for inspiration.   I see the world differently than I used to.  The mundane suddenly takes on new meaning and I see details that others don’t see.  It brings me great pleasure to transpose things I have seen or experienced into a painting that may, hopefully, touch the soul of the viewer. 

Painting takes me to a place of calm, peaceful stillness.  It has almost become a form of meditation for me.  I think it is for this reason that I use quiet, subdued colors in my paintings.  I am filled with a deep sense of joy when a painting is going well and I get it right.   

We lose ourselves in things we love.  We find ourselves there too.