The questions brought to light about identity through the photographic works of Cindy Sherman and Jo Spence, the idea of art being not just a tangible entity but also an energy, through the German conceptual artist Joseph Beuys, and the powerful fragility of Eva Hesse's work all have helped shape the way I create art. These artists have in their unique ways infiltrated my creative well, my 12th house, and have shaped the way I see visually and emotionally.

I primarily work in chalks, oil pastels, collage, fibers, and art digital photography. After earning a BFA in 1986 in Fiber Arts and Graphic Design, I worked as a designer and freelance illustrator. My work is published in political and alternative periodicals and newspapers. In my spare time I was a political activist, and a workshop leader in dream study, sacred space and meditation arts. After raising my daughter as a single parent, Kaitlyn is now 22, which I simple can't believe, I went back to school to earn a degree in art therapy. This was a way to merge my interests in art, healing, the holistic arts, dreams, activism, and primarily my desire to help people to achieve a more balanced and authentic selfhood.