IN EARLY 1990 MY ART "CAREER" BEGAN TO GERMINATE AFTER DISCOVERING A HIDDEN RESERVOIR OF CREATIVE ENERGY PRECIPITATED BY A SERIOUS IDENTITY CRISIS. ALTHOUGH I HAD NEVER CONSIDERED PAINTING BEFORE THIS TIME, FROM WITHIN I FELT I WAS BEING PUSHED TO BEGIN. MY TENATIVE STEPS WERE WITH PORTRAITURE, BUT SINCE THAT TIME MY WORK HAS EXPANDED BEYOND ANYTHING I COULD HAVE IMAGINED.

LIFE THRIVES ON CHANGE AND THE TRANSITION TO BECOMING AN ARTIST HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS LEARNING CURVE, DEVELOPING A NEW FOUND RESPECT FOR THE RESOLVE NECESSARY TO MAKE THE ART PROFESSION WORK FOR ONESELF.

THROWING CAUTION TO THE WIND IN 1997, I MOVED TO CABO SAN LUCAS AND WITH MY NEW HUSBAND, ARTIST CHRIS MacCLURE, WE OPENED A 2ND STOREY STUDIO. AS TESTIMONY TO THE CREATIVE SPIRIT, OVER THE NEXT 13 YEARS OUR HUMBLE STUDIO HAD MORPHED TO BECOME THE MOST RESPECTED ART GALLERY IN LOS CABOS. THE GOLDEN CACTUS GALLERY'S AMAZING COLLECTION OF ARTISTS AND ART BECAME THE BENCHMARK OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE ART COMMUNITY IN THE SOUTHERN BAJA.

DURING THIS TIME I PAINTED AND LEARNED THE CRAFT FIRST HAND. RUNNING A GALLERY IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY WAS CHALLENGING, BUT THROUGH WORKING AND PAINTING FULL TIME I HONED AND REFINED MY PAINTING SKILLS. ALWAYS IT WAS THE EXCITEMENT OF THE MEXICAN CULTURE THAT PROVIDED ONGOING INSPIRATION, BUT IT IS THE JOY THAT COMES FROM REACHING WITHIN AND LETTING THE EXPRESSION FLOW FROM THE SILENCE THAT GIVES LIFE TO MY WORK.

MY PAINTINGS ARE A MENAGE OF LIFE, EXPERIENCE AND CREATIVE ENERGY. THE LANDSCAPES, FLORALS, PORTRAITURE AND EXPRESSIONIST ABSTRACTS ALL REFLECT THE VIBRANT COLORS OF MY LIFE AS A CONTEMPLATIVE ARTIST INSPIRED BY THE COLORS OF MEXICO AND THE BEAUTY OF MY HOME IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. AT THE PRESENT TIME I AM AN ARTIST IN WHITE ROCK AT MY GOLDEN CACTUS STUDIO IN BC CANADA