Boulder, CO, United States
For those who know me, where I am today and the fact that painting is now my full time vocation, k...
About the artist
Joined In 2012
(8 Followers)
About the artist
Joined In 2012
(8 Followers)
For those who know me, where I am today and the fact that painting is now my full time
vocation, know that it is the result of a long journey.
Looking back, I can remember the first time I felt like an artist. I was thirteen, in Ms. Kay's art
class in Darien, CT. I was using watercolors to create a fall landscape and something clicked.
I felt a freedom of expression I'd never experienced before. It struck a chord in me. Little did I
know, I would carry that feeling on my journey throughout my life. I keep that watercolor in my
studio as a reminder of what brought me to where I am today.
I've been blessed with wonderful opportunities in life, many of which involved travel and the
ability to live in different countries and among varied cultures. Starting in high school and
throughout college, I spent months in France, England, Holland, Ireland, Russia and Brazil
studying, among other things, art.
After college, I joined the US Peace Corps where for two years. I was stationed in a small
village in Tunisia, North Africa. My experiences living there defined my artistic style. Art was
woven back into my life once again and I finally felt a sense of happiness. Tunisia had awoken
my creative jui...