a bit about me

I’ve been DOODLING & DREAMING …

for as long as I can remember — getting lost in my artwork is kind of my favorite way to disappear (in a good way).

I’m part adventurer, part artist: tail wheel airplanes, ski boots, throttles, frozen eyelashes — and a BFA in graphic design, plus 15 years of making things look sharp in the commercial world. I take all that wildness around me — jagged peaks, rivers, glaciers — scribble it down (sometimes in a sketchbook, sometimes on whatever’s handy — flight map, bevy box, that weird napkin). Back in my studio, I stitch all of that into paintings and mixed-media pieces — a kind of remix of realism, drawing, painting, and illustration. My goal? To pull the feeling of being there — landing a plane on a glacier, ridge scrambling, breathing in icy air — onto the canvas so you can feel a little spark of it yourselves.

I live and work between the Chugach and Talkeetna Mountains in Alaska with my husband, Tad, and baby boy, Wiley, where we built our home on a private airstrip (yes, it’s cold, but yes, it’s awesome). When I’m not at my home studio, you can bet I’m outside in the mountains — always taking everything in because inspiration doesn’t care what you’re wearing or where you are.