I’ve been delighting in color and form, creating art, for most of my life, but only discovered how much I love painting in college. Since then I’ve been raising my two wonderful kids in Portland, Oregon, teaching, and painting, or drawing, as often as I can. Painting brings me so much joy and peace, and it speaks for me truth that I feel and see in the world. In my work, I’m especially inspired by light and hope breaking through the darkness.