I was born to create. Crayons were my first colorful magic wands and scribbles of all kinds of characters came flowing out of my imagination. Breyer horses, brilliant haired trolls, and the creek of curious things behind my childhood home encouraged my creativity to keep growing in many directions. Being adopted, I felt loved but different as there was no understanding of my artistic passion.
Adolescence brought frizzy hair, pimples, glasses, and an obsession with horseback riding to free me from the awkwardness of being a shy introvert. A parade of pets have shared my world over the years and have been constant muses of delightful inspiration. Art school, Hallmark Cards corporate time, becoming a mom, and being a self employed entrepreneur for decades have made me the person I am today. I have experienced the colorful merry-go-round of successful design licensing and the thrill of seeing hundreds of beautiful products smiling at me upon retail shelves.
Today, I live in a tall narrow house filled with too many staircases going up and down like a piece of Escher’s artwork. My studio has a magnificent window at one end that allows my imagination to wander freely. I love creating each day with the festival of materials stacked in splendid chaos around me. As I make artwork, colors twirl upon my palette, collage papers sing to be used, and animal characters emerge on the paper with stories to be told.
Writing and illustrating books, exploring new adventures in design licensing, and sharing the wonder of creating through teaching are current goals happily nestled into my future. Creating from joy, being thankful, and finding my place in this extraordinary world are daily goals.
