I am a “Modern Day Renaissance Woman.”
My art is a combination of my life’s experiences, my studies, my connections, my passions, my family, friends, lovers, jobs, careers and travels. My art is the result of all the things my senses have absorbed, the emotions they have stirred and the transference of the unknown and unseen into the known and seen.
Mediums & Skills
Drawing, Graphic Design, Illustration, Jewelry, Painting, Photography, Textiles/Fiber, Animation, Recyclables, Writing, Inventor, Connector, Maker, Event Planning, Hospitality Management & Administration, Social Media, Marketing, Sales and Community Builder.
Art Studies
Des Moines Art Center
Grandview College
University of Chicago
Iowa State University
– B.S. Hotel/Restaurant & Institutional Management
– Minor Design Studies
Shows
Des Moines Women’s Club, 2014
DSM Girl Gang, Visitor//Inhabitant, 2016
DSM Girl Gang, Female Gaze, 2016
DSM Girl Gang, The Well Read Woman 2017
Oskaloosa Art Center and Studios, Visible/Invisible, 2017
DSM Girl Gang, I Spy Spooky Night, 2017
Oliver + James Salon, Places We Go, 2017
Iowa CASA, #METOO: A Sexual Assault Awareness Art Campaign, 2018
Pop-Up Ames!, ISU Design on Main, 2018
Women & Art, YWRC 40th Anniversary Art Exhibition, 2018
Oliver + James Salon, PLAY, 2018
Commissions
Community Service
Ten years ago, after the loss of a grueling career in the hospitality industry, I found myself sitting on a couch, contemplating my life. My career was my second love, my art was my first and on that day I returned to my Artist’s Journey. Step by step, connection by connection I returned to my first love through community service.
My community service is not conventional, it is my art. My art is not, and never will be, characterized by mediums. Mediums don’t really matter to me, I start with a thought and use whatever I want to bring it into existence, such are my projects, River City Art and Music and Riverview Artist Salon.
