I am a self-taught artist who came to visual art after a long career as a psychotherapist. That experience shaped my attention to structure, nuance, and relational dynamics. Earlier work in basket-weaving and jewelry-making deepened my awareness of pattern, color, and form, and continues to inform my interest in working directly with materials.

While I continue to work in photography and painting, I am increasingly drawn to collage as a way to build surfaces through layering and the interplay of varied materials. I regularly make my own papers and incorporate them alongside found and repurposed elements, allowing process and material qualities to guide the development of the work.

Engaging in art making has changed the way I see my environment, sharpening my attention to surfaces, edges, and subtle shifts within the visual field that might otherwise go unnoticed. Text fragments, repeated marks, and shifting color fields draw attention to surface and structure, inviting viewers to look closer and have a deeper awareness of what is present.