y work is biomorphic, variously influenced by surrealism, Paul Klee, textiles, pattern & decoration, Krazy Kat, and whatever is going on at the moment. I like various media, finding that a change of medium is like opening the window.

Collections.
In addition to found objects, I am a regular collector of ideas. Sometimes I let my pen or pencil wander. Other times I draw from life, the view out my studio window being a favorite. I also work out ideas and create multiple solutions to a design or painting. I cut pictures I like out of magazines.  I save other people’s to-do lists that I find. I save interesting detritus. And finally, my sketchbooks are a source of ideas. I started with my first sketchbook at 15, although I have work on paper starting at 3.

Compost:
I stew and cook, combine facets of my experience, wait awhile, and something happens. Like compost, sometimes I can recognize odd little bits that haven’t broken down-a piece of corncob here, a leaf there. In my work, I don’t always know immediately where an idea comes from, but like the compost I can see little bits of myself.

I received my MFA in painting at the University of California, Berkeley. My main mentors at Berkeley were David Simpson and Richard Shaw and my BA from the University of California, Davis.  Majored in Painting with a minor in art history. I studied with Squeak Carnwath, Wayne Thiebaud, Cornelia Schulz and Ralph Johnson.

UPDATES: Click on the paintings link to see my latest series of gouache miniatures. 
To see other things I'm working on, visit my flickr page.