"I am driven to create. To explore old and new materials, ancient techniques and meld them with new technologies"

  A Tahoe resident for 35 years. I have been driven to create since I can remember. My studio is filled with various tools and materials that I have collected through out my life. For  20 years I ran my own Business, Tuck-n-Tack Upholstery, using fabric as my medium. Then in ’94 I started Inteka. I designed, manufactured, and sold Table Top Designs. My medium of choice being metal and glass.

     In 2000 my husband and I started Big Water Studios. Audio and Video Production. I am the video editor with an emphasis on motion graphics. Fully immersed in the computer technology world for a good part of the week I move downstairs to the shop or out by the Lake for at least a morning or two. 

    I began my journey into watercolor 17 years ago.  While pregnant with my daughter I took my first watercolor class with Jan Foss .  Without any previous ability or training I was able to make a picture of flowers. I was completely hooked.

       My schooling has been mainly through the North Tahoe Art Center. I have also taken workshops from Randall Stauss, Howard Reese, Jack Shield, Lien Chen, and Patrick Fanning. I attended Life Drawing with Sara Smith for a year to learn basic drawing skills.   Considering myself a novice in the world of Fine art I try to paint almost every day. My own style is just beginning to emerge. Painting ‘en plein air’ landscapes are my subjects of choice but I’m willing to try anything.