I’m an artist drawn to quiet moments, careful seeing, and the steadying practice of making things by hand.
My work is often slow, meditative, and detail-driven. I love the way art-making asks us to soften our gaze and pay attention: to light, to texture, to the subtle personality of a subject. In my studio, I’m less interested in perfection and more interested in presence; the kind that happens when you keep showing up, layer by layer, breath by breath.
Mindfulness is woven into my creative process, and so is experimentation. I’ve never been the kind of artist who chooses one medium and stays there, though some people do, beautifully. I love learning what different materials can teach, and letting the medium shape the message.
For me, colored pencil is a practice of patience: slowness, careful layering, and devotion to detail, for me it is like a visual form of meditation. Watercolor is the opposite teacher: it’s about letting go, working with what happens, and going with the flow when the paint has a mind of its own. When I move into oil or acrylic paint, especially abstract work, it becomes pure inner expression: more intuitive, more physical, more immediate. And mixed media feels like play and discovery- texture, contrast, and the pleasure of combining different elements into something cohesive and surprising.
I think of drawing and painting as a form of listening: to what’s here, to what wants to emerge, to what feels true. Sometimes the work is tender and calm; sometimes it’s a doorway into courage, change, or deeper self trust. Either way, the practice is the point, and the finished piece becomes a record of that attention.
Professional Art Therapist
For over 30 years, creativity has been more than my personal language, it has also been my professional home. My work in art therapy began in the 1990s and has grown through roles that blend direct clinical care with supervision and program leadership. Across that time, one theme has stayed constant: when people are overwhelmed, by illness, uncertainty, trauma, grief, anxiety, or major life transitions, art can become a steady way to breathe, communicate, and find meaning again.
My career has taken me into a wide range of settings, including pediatrics and medical hospitalization, autism and neurodevelopmental work, acute behavioral health, eating disorders care, and palliative care/hospice—including “legacy art” projects with children and families. Over time I’ve also been drawn to building programs and supporting other clinicians through training and supervision, alongside ongoing consulting and private-practice work.
My Professional LinkedIn Profile
This website is primarily a home for my artwork, but I share this background because it’s part of who I am, and because my clinical experience has quietly shaped how I understand image-making, attention, and what creativity can hold.
Here, this is simply my artist space. Welcome.