I am a mom, wife, sister, daughter, friend, artist, designer, creator, educator, entrepreneur. . . My goal in life is to make a living doing what I love, to be my most authentic and creative self, and to inspire others to be their very best selves.

I prefer being a “Jill of all trades,” practiced in a variety of media rather than exacting in a select few. For me, exploring the infinite possibilities a diversity of materials and processes affords is much more compelling. It allows for a more rich and challenging experience in the studio. In turn, I am able to relay my discoveries to my students and engage them in a wide range of options through the various classes I teach.

I aim at challenging traditional materials and methods of production—process is key. By mingling conventional approaches to sculpture and painting with man-made and found objects, I invite viewers to reconsider their associations and assumptions about how and from what art should be made. I employ found objects that have a prior history or function, some are mass-produced, and I strive to propose integrity in the ordinary objects or discarded things that populate everyday life. Composed of a host of media, my works are an aesthetic marriage of materials, techniques, ideas and associations that ultimately act as instruments for provoking thought. My works speak both to the past and of regeneration. They make no claims, but merely pose possibilities, and they give me charge to make more.

“Creativity…is the encounter of the intensely conscious human being with his or her world,” says Rollo May from his book entitled The Courage to Create (1975). From a young age, I have had a strong sensibility to my surroundings. This awareness has led me to be engaged with the world through making art. By creating works, I, in turn, ask the viewer to consider their environs more deeply and question from what and where art should be made. Being receptive to what the world has to offer and willing to reinterpret it require dedication and a superior commitment. It is also a way in which artists reflect, even propel, society and the time in which we work. Quoting James Joyce in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, “Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.”

I address the traditions of “making” while drawing upon the encounters I have with the world in which I live. My works are persistent, intimate and sincere—and they strive to impart meaning. They are accessible but not obvious, and they are meant to entice. My artwork grounds me in this world. It gives me great satisfaction. It’s a compulsion, and I am obliged to give in.