I have always been a collector... ticket stubs, postcards, gum wrappers. I'm perpetually tearing pages from magazines. My desk is littered with scraps of paper holding provocative quotes or interesting images. It's only in recent years that I've actually started to produce the tangible evidence of my art, but I have been a collage artist my entire life - stockpiling scraps of inspiration that I am always sure I'll get around to using some day. In fact, I'm almost sure I have a few of those little wooden ice cream 'spoons' from kindergarten.

I'm self-taught, no formal training in art.
I have undergraduate degrees in psychology and philosophy and a Masters in Social Work. I spent a decade doing victim's advocacy work and then discovered that writing and art were excellent therapy for burnout. I am fascinated by stories and story telling. Social Work is about listening to people's stories and trying to guide them down the path towards the happy ending. Writing is using words, obviously, to tell a story of your own - happy ending or no. And art... I love the notion of gathering images and other elements into a work that whispers of captivating and mysterious stories.