Having taken art classes from a young age, I abandoned art for intellect at 17. My artist muse refused to tolerate such inattention, wreaking havoc on my plans for perpetual overachievement. Half a year on Orcas Island in 1994 convinced me to switch colleges well past midstream and enter the School of Art at the University of Washington. I graduated in 1998 and came to Orcas Island full time. Since then, with the support and good humor of my husband Ian, I have pursued weaving, felting, sewing, landscape design, cooking, drawing, painting, photography, doll making, sculpture and many other creative endeavors. I am very much given to phases in my art- love affairs really- and am learning to not plan too far ahead. For now, I am allowing myself to work in a number of mediums at once. As the mother of a young child, I am drawn to interruptible pursuits - painting, felting, assemblage, etc. (not that interruptions are always treated with kindness!). I allow my work to grow in layers and keep my goals short and sweet. If I¹ve got thirty minutes, I can whine to myself about how little time that is, or I can put down a painted ground on three canvases, edit some photos and start my dye pot brewing. I¹ve also given a portion of my studio over to my daughter. Afternoons sometimes find us back to back in the studio, me with my current projects, she with her glitter, each of us in her own blissful art bubble. Creating art connects me to myself- to you- to the world- beyond the world. My urge to create is a ceaseless voice... a river flowing past... over my feet... through my heart... out my fingertips and into the sea.