Intent on grabbing moments of daily life that are fleeting and not always appreciated, I paint intimate moments of motherhood involving stylized mothers and children tucked and held together in a variety of compositions and emotions.

I create to expose myself as an artist, but also to expose myself as a human: a mistake-making, hopeful, down-trodden/uplifted, uncertain, intimate and solution-seeking human soul.

I create to release passion and to have it bounce back to me - falling in love with the process, the subject, the colors, the texture, the meditation.

I paint because I must, and it is my desire that another may connect with the images as well.

Honesty, raw emotion and life with two small children are the foundation for my paintings. My images begin as a fleeting concept – a tug at my soul, and the finished pieces often are bits of my soul brushed across canvas or board.

I'm a mother of two, and my relationship with them is the driving force
behind most of my work. My children drive me crazy sometimes,
but I am fiercely in love with them.

Ever so often I feel the need to tether myself with a raw emotion piece.
When I complete a painting within the emotion-based theme, I feel a rush of
exhilaration, a feeling of release and exposure - as though I am
putting something out there that truly speaks ~
and when a viewer reacts/connects with the piece,
I am further reinforced to keep doing what I'm doing.