I am the oldest of four girls, born in Newport, Oregon, and raised in southwest Montana. I come from a hard-working family, with my father working as a logger before later owning a drywall business. All four of us worked in drywall, and much of my knowledge and love for texture comes from working alongside my father.

Sketching and painting were very much a part of my childhood. In the mid-1990s, I became deeply interested in designer wall finishes and, by 2002, made the decision to take professional classes with Faux Effects International and launch my own professional business. Throughout the years, I have also taken mixed media, oil, and watercolor classes from local artists in Bozeman, MT, and Naples, FL.

Being very interested in the chemical processes of different mediums, I am always experimenting and exploring new and fresh approaches to creating decorative finishes and abstract art.

Always drawn to the ocean, I moved to Naples, FL in 2005, where I continue to live and work. Abstract art has always been a passion of mine, and in 2007 I began accepting commissioned pieces in oil and mixed media.

Loving texture, fluidity, and dimension, in 2017 I began creating paint pours using metallics and mica, bringing my envisioned pieces to life in acrylic.