ARTIST
You and I both know that when we read a bio on an artist’s page, it was the artist writing in third person. It doesn’t fit me so I will tell you a little bit about my work and a little bit about me.
About my work:
…which IS me: I am one of the millions of people that feel one should do what they love. Each work that I make is an attempt to “write the book that I want to read.”
I enjoy experimentation and discovery. I love texture and dimension. I think pattern and detail are fun.
So each piece I make is an attempt to cram as many of those elements as I can into one space. Every work I create, even if it ends up in my trash can, is a joy to create and brought me lessons for future works.
If there is anything I want you to see in my work, it is the happiness that goes into it because I genuinely want you to get that back for yourself. Nothing pleases me more
than when I hear from someone after years of owning my work and they tell me
that it still makes them happy.
I am fairly certain that creating art that makes people happy is my purpose in life. I believe that the Whatever that is connecting us ALL (four legged and two legged, republican and democrat) is what gave me the dream and the passion for what I do.
About me:
This is super sappy but all true. I could tell you that I work an extraordinary amount of hours but instead I will tell you the truth.
I play all day and sometimes when I am in my studio “working,” I forget about time and I marvel at the fact that I get paid to do this.
I live with the man I married in 1985 and although back then I felt I could not possibly love him more, I do now. I am equally enamored with my two adult children and all my grands.
I am now old enough to retire but will continue creating for as long as I am able. I believe that happiness is about embracing what you are and what you have, wrinkles and all.
Thank you SO much for reading.
