I remember my mom giving me her handmade black felt board and colored felt shapes to play with when I was pre-k. So before I learned to write she was teaching me collage.

I considered myself an artist in grade school and knew that the academic subjects were not as important as the work I did in art class. My mom gave me her paints when she went into clay full time and she gave me a book by Paul Klee. He helped liberate me from the need to paint realism, finding the excitement of creating something I'd never seen before much more satisfying.

In high school I made small clay sculptures which I fired and glazed in my mom's studio and sold at school. I was given an assignment to paint a mural on a large hallway wall and at graduation my teachers gave me an outstanding achievement award in art.

In art school, I learned a watercolor and frisket technique that I used to make many unique designs over the next thirty-odd years. Along the way I learned ebru marbling which I also used in my collages.

Later on Infinity Lights entered my life and I learned computer graphics.

Early on I knew that my art was a reflection of my consciousness and that it affected the consciousness of viewers. I knew that the higher my state of being was, the more benefit I could be to others. So while I was perfecting my art techniques I decided to also try to perfect myself.

I’ve studied many spiritual traditions and found that my path is to take nothing for granted, knowing that everything is a gift from Great Spirit. The use of this body and mind, the tools to create and the will to create, are great blessings which I am extremely grateful for. From many teachings, my understanding is that we are infinitely small reflections of the Infinitely Great and can be a clear channel for the Universe to work through when we open our heart, quiet our mind and desire to serve the Whole.

The heart can experience the constant love of creation when the desire to love all creation without causing harm is foremost. As an artist I feel it’s my job to illustrate these Truths.

When I ask to be of service and get an inspiration, I see it as my next assignment.