Drawing and painting has been a part of my life since the time that I was 3 feet high and colored on the hallway walls with crayons and my mother made me wash it off. I couldn't understand why my mom didn't like my handy-work, but I do remember that it was a work of art. To this day I still color. Even on trips my colors go everywhere with me. My children think that I have to pack them a color bag when we go places only because I pack a big coloring bag for myself.

I've dabbled in other mediums such as ceramic sculpture, and pottery. Even with the clay, the coloring of whatever piece that I am working on is very important to me and I love the look of movement if not in the clay; then with the glazes and paints that I use.

Born, raised, and graduate from St. Paul Kansas, I sought my art degree from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg Kansas. It then move to Ohio where I continued my education at Kent State and Muskingum College. After four years in Ohio I decided to move back t a little familiar are and ended up in Southwest Missouri. I currently teach at Carthage High School where I get to express my arts with students. Watching them grow with their talents is very rewarding. I've shown my work at Kachilla Art Center (Ohio), Chanute Art Gallery (Kansas, Barton County Art Gallery, Spiva Art Gallery and Art Central all in Missouri.