“The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of”

I am a native to Utah born and raised in Salt Lake City area. And now live in Southwestern Utah, within the beautiful Red Rocks of St. George, Utah. I am a multi-medium artist because I like the looks of all mediums Alcohol Ink, Watercolor, Acrylic, Oils, Graphite and Pastel. My favorite… I would have to say Alcohol Ink. Bold color, fast drying and fun to see the chemistry working in real time.

 

I started my passion for art as a child. Learning the fundamentals when I would sit with my uncle and my cousin and draw boxes, cylinders and learning how to do shadows. I want to say I am mostly self-taught, but then I grew up and decided I wanted to get a higher education I went to SLCC and received my Associates in Illustration and Design.

 

I then moved to Logan, Utah and found employment at a sock manufacture and started as a designer and after a year of designing socks I became the Design department manager and sales manager of the custom program. After 8 years I moved back to Salt Lake City. I had to step away from art for a while and moved to Wyoming for 18 months with my husband.

 

When my husband and I moved back to Utah we decided to come to St. George, Utah in October 2017. I decided to take out the paints and start creating for myself, just to decompress. I was not confident enough to show anyone but my husband, and his encouragement and support gave me more confidence with every new painting.

 

My passion for art ignited once again. I took out the paints, practiced with different mediums, different techniques and took a chance. Doing what I love and what makes my heart happy. It was like a new energy. A new way to decompress.

 

I love the work of Georgia O’Keefe and the influence of American Modernism. And the Contemporary style of Gerardo Labarca. I have had the opportunity to teach here is St. George using Alcohol Ink, Watercolor and Acrylic.

 

I enjoy everything in nature and what the world has to offer in beauty of wherever I am. The mountains, the desert, city, and ocean. I do not know what influences my decision to paint, because life does, where I am and what is happening around me. I love animals so I tend to lean in and capture the beauty and structure of large or small. Whatever is in my sight of vision. There is beauty all around me, so I have the world of references to inspire a new piece of art.