The ideas for my art arise spontaneously as fully-formed images during deep meditation and free association, stream of consciousness writing.  I recreate these archaic, archetypal images as quickly and faithfully as possible, before they fade from consciousness.  Producing the work feels very much akin to archaeology.  As I delve into the process, I unearth successive layers of mystery and sacred meaning.  Texture and organic form characterize my work.  I use a wide variety of materials: wood, polymer clay, papier mache, broken costume jewelry, lace, buttons, glass, bones, shells, metal leaf, found objects, printed material and paint.

     An early interest in culture and the underlying forces that shape human behavior led me to pursue graduate studies in sociology, with areas of specialization in social psychology, deviance, and the sociology of art.  Topics I explored included changing ideals of beauty and how avante garde art movements push social boundaries and eventually achieve legitimacy.  I hold a Master of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University.

     My academic work spurred a desire for a deeper, more immediate participation in the forming of culture through art. I studied painting in the tradition of French Classical Realism at the Brandywine Atelier in Chester County, Pennsylvania and privately with Neilson Carlin and Michael Traines; both students of renowned New York artist, Michael Aviano. Although I am grateful for the rigorous training in technique, I rarely use that method now, preferring instead a more organic, tactile, visceral approach. I continued my education with collage artist, Donna Maska, sculptor, Holly Silverthorne, visionary painter, Josephine Windsor, and at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

     My work has been exhibited throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, where I lived for seventeen years. I currently reside in Asheville, North Carolina.