My art? My love!! I am pretty much self taught. My Dad was the one who literally drove me to beginning my first watercolor painting at his home in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, in his hobby/painting/jewelry making studio. 

He set up a blue colander with tomatoes fresh out of his garden in it, and so began my first watercolor lesson! The results? Pretty rough, very amateurish, but…it was mine and finished and I thought I had completed a Masterpiece!

Onward and moving forward never stopping, I continued with a drawing class in Lewiston, Idaho at a college there and that boosted my interest and confidence and I knew my wonderful Dad saw in me something I never saw in myself. 

I became very active in the art community in Washington, owning an art gallery in Stevenson in 2014 where my father and I displayed our watercolor pieces and he displayed his fine silver and gold jewelry that he crafted. I taught three classes a week, covering methods of watercolor and techniques.

My home, now in Hurricane, Utah has been a complete delight with totally opposite scenery and backdrops of pure jaw-dropping beauty in every direction. Red terrain against the blue sky has sparked a whole new love again with my surroundings and inspiration to paint new delights and landscapes.