Originally from Mobile, AL, my love for art started in high school. I went on to pursue that dream with a B.A. in art history from Southern Methodist University and an M.Ed. with a concentration in art from The University of South Alabama.
I am inspired daily by God’s beautiful creation that is just outside my lowcountry South Carolina window: the way the light catches in the trees and trickles down to the ground, the change in the marsh from season to season with its brilliant greens in the summer and oranges in the fall, the way the tides change the shoreline and creeks and the gorgeous coastal birds. I paint in oils while often preferring a palette knife to a brush. The beauty of a palette knife is that it takes this girl who is the oldest of 5 children and has 5 children of her own (you may say I have a tendency to be controlling) and subjects me to the whim of the knife. I can mix 2 or 3 paints together and scoop it up on my palette knife expecting to see one outcome and I often get something surprisingly different and beautiful. I am well aware that I can never come close to replicating the beauty of God’s colors but it is so much fun to try!

I am married to Rob, an Anglican priest and in 2010 we moved to Pawleys Island, SC where Rob was called to serve All Saints Church as its rector. That move singlehandedly drew me back into painting and I haven't looked back. I love this job. I love everything (or almost everything) about painting. I love opening a fresh tube of paint, mixing colors, composing a canvas and trying new things. A few years ago I started writing words into my impressionist landscapes and coastal birds and I've found those words somehow ground me. It helps me share my passion not only for painting but also for God, the ultimate creator.