I am a theatre and band geek (alto sax!) turned visual artist. What I do is paint people, pet portraits, wildlife art, fantasy, murals for children’s spaces, and commissions for private collections.

The act of creating the beautiful object and all the steps it takes to get the artwork into the lives of others, brings meaning, purpose and pleasure to my life.

My art series “Stop Bullying Me!” gave me the most rewarding moments of my career so far, in which I received the 2012 Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and Arts Commission grant to produce and workshop the series with middle school kids. I still remember the feedback and the intimate retelling of the kids’ own experiences of being bullied.