Thanks so much for your interest in my work! I am a special education teacher who has drawn and painted all of my life. I have received no formal art education, but have been mostly self-taught, gaining knowledge from both trial and error and books. My rural images depict the subjects I know well and are dear to my heart. The simple things – family, hard work, laughter and joy, despite hard times, are integral to my way of life. While I was born in Southeastern Alaska and spent much of my young life exploring muskeg bogs and mossy forests, my later...more
