Get to know Me!

It’s been quite a journey to get here. In preschool, I had to be bribed away from the art center. In first grade, art time was used as an incentive to complete school work. In high school, I dreamed of becoming an artist and art therapist. In college, I was told by others that I needed a real job, because in their minds, “art” was not a job.

After a short stint as a preschool teacher, a graduate degree in Interior Design, and a decade of working in the architecture and design field, I started painting and drawing again.

Nearly three years after the pandemic, the mental load of working full time and parenting full time weighed heavily on me. I decided to take a break from full-time work, and started realizing that maybe “art” can be a job, after all. Both of my children are very artistic, and I would never want them to ever feel that their dreams weren’t valid. So, picking up a paintbrush, I decided to be an example for my children.

When I’m not in the studio, I’m doing yoga, going on bike rides, and walks on the trail near my house. I am driving kids to appointments and soccer and rock climbing; daydreaming about cacio e pepe in Rome; cheering on the strong women of KC Current; always (ALWAYS) on the hunt for good cheese.