I have been painting and creating since I was a little girl, growing up in Winston Salem, NC. After studying Philosophy/ Religion and later, Studio Art, I left a high school teaching career to pursue my passion for the arts with a more intentional focus. While I have a particular love for painting the human figure, I am also fascinated and inspired by translating potent experiences, poetry, feelings, sounds and ideas onto the canvas in both realistic and abstracted expressions, and sometimes a combination of both. Travel excites and awakens my senses, revealing new possibilities for connecting in deeper ways to the art of creation, and ever reminding me that we are ALL seeking meaning, passion, and beauty in one form or other.