| What are your earliest memories related to art? | |
| At eight or nine years of age I wanted to take art classes but didn’t want to do it alone. I made my younger sister tag along with me! I found out I had some talent, and decided to keep trying. | |
| How and when did you start becoming an artist yourself? | |
| During high school, art teachers encouraged me to continue to develop my skills. I ultimately decided to pursue a career in art and selected a liberal arts college to obtain my undergraduate degree in graphic design. | |
| What was the evolution like toward finding your current voice and visual vocabulary? | |
| My work gradually evolved into pastel as my chosen medium, and as I appreciate detail…wildlife pieces showed themselves to be a perfect fit to share my voice. I continue to refine my technique to add realism in order to bring my subjects to life. | |
| What is your process like? | |
| I spend a great deal of time discovering inspiration in wildlife photographs, and recently have begun capturing some of my own photos to integrate into my compositions. I integrate multiple images to create a finished piece that has the right balance, and also try to insure that the backgrounds, foliage, and featured animals would exist together in nature. | |
| Is there anything from your artist statement that you wish to expound on, that you normally don’t have the chance to discuss? | |
| Not really. | |
| What do you try to control in your surfaces, and what do you leave to chance? | |
| In realism my goal is to leave as little to chance as possible, so if anything I try to eliminate variables. | |
| Where do you see your work going from here? | |
| I strive to continue to improve my skillset and enjoy the process immensely! | |
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