About Me

Who Am I?

Hello and welcome to my website! As you may have guessed by scrolling through my pages – I am an Artist! I am also a mother, a teacher, a gardener, a DIYer, a student, and an adventurer. I wear a lot of different hats in my life and each of them adds to the person that is me. If I could boil down all that I am, I believe that I would be left with the title “Creator”. Everything I do has an element of creation. My mind is always working to create something that I envision – and I LOVE it!

What Inspires Me?

I have loved nature and animals for as long as I can remember. I grew up in the pacific northwest. A beautiful area filled with trees, mountains, flowers, ocean, animals, and of course – rain! I enjoyed playing outside, building forts, and catching wild animals. From gardner snakes, tadpoles, bunnies, dogs, horses, and possums – I caught and loved them all (at least until I had to release them back to nature). That wonder and fascination as a child – carried its way into my adulthood and inspires my soul to create!

What Materials Do You Use?

I actually use a lot of different materials, depending on my creative desire. For my paintings I mostly enjoy using acrylic paints. As a mother of 4 – I enjoy the speed at which they dry. This allows me to get the most painting done in the sometimes short sessions I can squeeze in. I also enjoy the versatility that comes with acrylics. I can use them to paint on anything including walls, canvas, hardboards, and metals. When choosing my acrylic paints, I strive to use the best quality available.

When I sculpt – I usually create a wire and foil armature that sits as a base. Then on top of that armature I will use either an artist grade air dry clay (right now I enjoy using DAS and LaDoll) or CosClay. Both mediums have different aspects that I like and don’t like, so I will choose what material will best fit the project at hand. For my dragons I mostly stick to the CosClay. It is formulated to retain some plasticity, which allows them to be held! I also use artist grade Acrylics to paint and seal them!

What got you started with animals?

Ever since I was young animals have called out to my heart and soul. I have always been in love and fascinated by them. As I child I would often dream about them too. One of my favorite dreams that I can remember was of having an enormous ranch with hundreds of horses roaming through it. If I close my eyes I can still picture it and hear the beating of their hooves as they run through a gorgeous valley.
As I grew older I wanted to become a veterinarian. But – as some of you might know – life has a tendency to not work out exactly as we plan. Life decided to take me all across the US. I lived in WA, ID, UT, WA again, AZ, NC, WA again, and finally NM! In that time I also had 4 amazing children.
As life settled down a bit – I was able to get animals again. It began with dogs – then cats – then fish – then birds – then reptiles! Pretty soon my home was full of amazing animals. So much that my house could probably rival our small local zoo! During this time I was finally able to get my very first panther chameleon.
‘From the very moment I held my first chameleon – I knew. I knew that my life was about to change and that I wanted to spend the rest of my time working with these amazing creatures. Since that moment – my life has been completely flipped around…and I am loving every moment of it. I have never felt such ambition – such drive – and such passion as I have since I began. I know exactly where and what I want to do. And I am going to do it. Finally – after so many years – my heart and my soul has found its place…working with these amazing creatures!!!