About
In addition to being an artist and photographer, I am also a yoga instructor, yoga studio owner at Studio Bliss Yoga in Council Bluffs and former ballet and modern dancer. When I'm not painting or teaching, you can find me spending time outdoors with my children, dogs and chickens, doing Crossfit, or riding my bike.
I strongly feel I was put on this beautiful Earth to heal others. Whether it's through movement, exercise, teaching, photography or through my paintings, I aim to inspire love, hope, healing and a healthy community.
Artist Statement
Inspiration for my work is deeply personal and emotive; color and form are driven by a connection to nature and the feminine experience. My paintings are a conversation between me and my work, a beautiful dialogue of movement that raises to the surface and dances on the canvas with each brush or knife stroke. Each painting is an intimate conversation, riddled with intense feelings, that inspires and moves the viewer.
My creative process stems from my inspiration. Sometimes it’s an intense feeling, a deeply personal and therapeutic transformation. Sometimes I begin a painting with an idea or concept in mind, but soon it transforms into something unique, a conversation between me and my work that raises to the surface and dances on the canvas. I connect to the depths of my soul in my work, by combining bold or soft colors, lots of texture and movement, playful lines and strokes, intuitive marks, and passages of color. These aspects of my paintings lyrically combine in my abstract narratives to poetically inspire the viewer’s spirit.