I was born in Terre Haute, and attended “Laboratory School” 

I have been a hairstylist for 35 years, and have always had a passion for creating. I was drawing as far back as I remember. I was always receiving the dreaded paint-by-number sets (hated those), and have loved sketching or drawing; usually human forms or people -- not anyone in particular.  

When I was 13, using oil paints from a paint-by-number set and a canvas covered piece of cardboard, I prepared my first painting — it was of my father, who had passed away the previous year. I was setting in the back of a pickup truck at Deming Park, while the rest of my family played and picnicked. As the painting started taking shape, I was hooked! 

During the Fall Semester of 1993, I completed a wood-carving class at Indiana State University taught by Professor Gates. 

As a self-taught artist, I have learned that painting what I feel (dreamlike images –they have been described) is what I truly enjoy.