My inspiration comes from the visual richness of my environment. Fortunate to be living in the northwest, I draw from the nature surrounding me. I am fascinated with textured surfaces and the richness of colored layers. A native Oregonian, I graduated from OSU as an art major where I studied with great instructors such as, Clint Brown, Demetrios Jameson, Nelson Sandgren and Allen Wong. Art is a means of self expression always evolving and taking me in a new direction. My current passion is abstract figurative work and colorful abstracted layered landscapes. I love to experiment with different mediums. My inspirations come from within. It may be a quiet moment , a dream, or a culmination of various sketches. I continue, trying to balance randomness and chance against the compelling need to organize and resolve.