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I am a painter living and working in Reno, Nevada. I am originally from the east coast and grew up, lived and worked in a variety of places including Massachusetts, Vermont, Washington, D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. I attended the Maryland Instiute of Art in 1988 and graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1992. After graduating from school I spent approximately nine years employed at various non-profits in a number of capacities. Notable accomplishments included serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer with peace Corps Nigeria, as a volunteer for AmeriCorps*VISTA and vice president of a tenant's association in Washington DC. I am also proud to have worked with wonderful non-profit organizations including the Whitman-Walker Clinic, the Capital Area Community Foodbank and The Nature Conservancy in various capacities but primarily as a graphic designer.

In 2001 I returned to graduate school at the Maryland Institute College of Art and studied at the Hoffberger School of Painting under program director Grace Hartigan. She and critic in residence Dominique Nahas as well as the rolling hunt country hills of rural Maryland influenced and greatly changed the nature of my work. I went into the program as a figurative contemporary surrealist painter and matured into an expressive landscape painter. I earned my MFA in painting in 2003.

In 2005 I moved to Reno, Nevada . I worked briefly as a graphic designer and then shifted into teaching. I am currrently a part time instructor for Truckee Meadows Community College, Western Nevada College and other organizations including Nevada Fine Arts and the Nevada Museum of Art.

I continue to paint and exhibit my work at local and regional galleries. In addition to painting and collaborating with other artists, I enjoy hiking with my husband and our two dogs, camping, travelling and horseback riding in addition to other more domestic endeavors such as cooking, gardening and napping.