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I have been a painter as long as I can remember, but have always looked beyond painting for vision, exploration, and skill.

My existence in this world has always been motivated by need to do good for myself and others. I have confronted, battled and overcome many of the issues affecting women today: low self esteem, cancer at a young age, domestic violence, and a continued search for the ‘right’ in the world. I was raised in Connecticut, but have lived in St. Louis Missouri, Vail Colorado, Albuquerque New Mexico, and Paris France.
Art in some ways has always been an escape, but it is also the first skill I ever became determined to learn; it has always been seated at the door to my intellect as a whole. I have been drawing and painting since I can remember and took my first oil instruction at 9 years.
From 2001 to 2002 I lived in Paris, taking a photography intensive, a ceramics residency, and as a copyist in the Louvre Museum. I hold a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis, where I studied Ceramics and Installation art, winning the Siroky Prize at graduation. I was awarded a residency with the Center of Creative Arts in the Urban Arts program for one and a half years, and have taken my career to the web in pursuing web development and programming. I have been a member of Art Dimensions in St. Louis, helped found the Eagle Valley Artists Alliance (EVAA) in the Vail area, and provided all marketing materials for the Red Cliff Studio Tour for 2007 and 2008. I became a breast cancer survivor at 25 years- an experience responsible for the work I do today. It was around this time where I first took up my latex paint and did the first Concetta series.
The process of healing and understanding the losses and gains from cancer is a theme in my current work, and a gift that I may more broadly understand and take on issues that face us culturally and globally. Even more remarkable is the discovery of places and situations without the dis-ease of our cultural influence. I currently live with the love of my life in Albuquerque where I am looking for opportunities regionally and nationally to showcase my work and create new work, particularly installation and digitally based art.