Hi there! Thank you for taking some time to know more about me! I live in Iowa City with my husband and two wonderful boys. I have been an artist all my life with lots of encouragement from my parents! I enjoy painting landscapes and love to create colorful portraits of Iowa. I use bright colors to create an emotion of happiness. I love colors and associate them with all the happier moments of my life, and I want to create that happy place for my art collectors. I paint outside (en plein air) on occasion, but love to create...more