We transformed this 150-year-old sheep shearing barn in rural Sonoma County, California, into my studio. I call it the Art Barn. It is a place of safe refuge, for myself and for whoever wants to share in the wonders of creativity and artistic expression.
Art and soul are infused in everything I create, write and teach. Sharing my work and my practices with the world are my greatest joys. We find healing when we extract our essence through creative pursuits.
Just like you, I am a work in progress. Artist, poet, architect, potter, wife, mother, friend, singer, animal & nature lover are a few of my labels. Life is bumpy and fascinating – I am here for all of it.
I paint with words, and I write in color. I play with experimentation, and I encourage others to do the same. My poetry informs my paintings, which inform my ceramics. I create poems of hope and freedom, words of love, of truth….and of reckoning. The myriad emotions we all feel, and are often unable to express or understand. My art celebrates the beauty that is all around us, and inside of us. Through all my creations, I am constructing comfort for myself, and a deep sense of belonging. Hopefully this perception of being warmly held resonates with you.
