I am an illustrator and visual story teller inspired by life lived in the Northwest United States and Hawaii. I spent most of my childhood exploring a pine forest near my home in Idaho where I developed a strong connection to the land.
My Grandfather was the head forest ranger in Sisters, Oregon. I learned respect for our natural environment from my grandparents when they took me hiking, camping, canoeing and skiing.
My greatest influence is my father, a Hall of Fame stunt pilot and airplane builder. Growing up I experienced the world from many different viewpoints including being upside down in the sky, helping on airshow sidelines and spending time in my Dad's shop watching the incredible process of hand building airplanes out of metal tubes, wood strips, fabric, glue and paint.
My passions have included competitive gymnastics, slow-pitch softball, and snowboarding. I love life with my family, photography, camping, hiking, gardening, baking, and beautiful cars.
My natural talent for drawing and painting sparked a wonderful career in graphics and advertisement. I professionally mixed and tinted paint, then acquired various painting skills including hand lettering, airbrushing, and spraying. I ran my own business creating window advertisements and wall murals then expanded my skills working for a small sign shop making all types of commercial signs. Later on, I happily acted as the lead creative sign designer and fabricator for a theme park, and lastly I managed a sign shop in Maui, Hawaii running large complex projects for multinational companies.
I love to create using any material but am mostly attracted to glass. I worked with glass for 15 years on my own, then spent three transformative years honing my craft with Italian born glass maestro Narcissus Quagliata. I am now ready to create beautiful art pieces and promote environmental awareness using glass in a way it's never been used before. I strive to create public art for everyone to enjoy through illuminated glass panels and sculpture.