About

I dreamed of being an artist as a child, in addition to being a dolphin caregiver and astronomer/astrophysicist. My mother introduced me to the beauty of illustration, reading Jan Brett books with me and commenting on all the beautiful illustrated details, telling more and more with each further examination. In this, I found a creative force, at past times waning but ultimately insatiable. My work is likely influenced by my lifelong want to create beautiful painted and illustrated worlds. Alice in Wonderland, A Wrinkle In Time, the Simpsons, Reading Rainbow, the Beatles, and the Grateful Dead, all joined in part for the development of my love of dreamscapes, psychedelic and mystical concepts, music, a love of nature, and outer space, and my ever-guiding, perpetual state of wonder and openness to the magic, love, and beauty of existence that surrounds us at all times. At age 13, on a whim of interest and seeking some semblance of direction on my path, I brought the copy of "Siddhartha" that had been sitting on a bookshelf in my parent's basement to Prospect Harbor, Maine on our family vacation.

Buddhism gives me very necessary guidance throughout my life. This was made profoundly so as it served to be a post to lean on in 2022 when I spent January-April in the hospital, fighting for my life and surviving near failure of my liver and acute liver and kidney injuries. I was given an odds answer fifty-fifty multiple times by my doctors, and during these “touch and go” periods I entered deep state meditation. The healing I have done physically and mentally, well, the words cumbersome, grueling, exalting, humbling, and transcendental, all come to mind. The gratitude I feel with each moment is one for which words fail me.  I create in a space and energy deeply connected to these experiences, in hopes of bringing healing to others

My hope is that in sharing my story and work with others, I may help them in their own healing, sharing my light and story of true hope. Radiating boundless love to all. 

Thank you.