I am a self-educated artist and a national-award winning cowboy boot maker. In 2013, I began painting and, from that moment on, felt I had found my true calling. I choose to work in watercolor for it is a thrilling medium. Its vibrancy, spontaneity, and unpredictability challenge me every time I pick up a brush and put paint to paper. Recently I have begun to explore oils, and although they are vastly different from watercolor, I am enjoying the challenge. My paintings reflect what I am truly passionate about - horses and ranching.
When I was ten years old and a friend took me to her family's stable, I found my true home. Realizing this, my parents bought me a pony, and horses have been an integral part of my life ever since. Several years after earning a master's degree in agriculture at Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo, I found my way to Modoc County, California, where I met my husband Ned. We now have a small cow/calf operation on the edge of the Great Basin that affords me an unending bounty of painting ideas and subjects.
