I was born in Schenectady, N.Y. to trained fine artists.  My dad was listed in Who's Who in American Art in the 1950's.  Both won several prizes for art.  My father gave one man shows and taught art classes on the side (an art director at General Electric).  So my parents were my inspiration. In later life, my mother was a member of the Maine Women in the Arts and in her seventies won a first prize for watercolor in a large show.   They had a little gallery in the front of their retirement home in Kennebunkport, ME.  I loved to go there.  So I caught that spirit of creativity early on and have been producing crafts, sewing (sewed for a season for a designer on Mulberry Street in Boston but got tired of cranking out the clothes)  painting, sculpting, etc. just about all my life.  

I'm self taught for the most part and in college studied art history as part of my liberal arts education, but except for a few lessons at the museum with my father where he taught classes on Saturdays, I had no other art training. 

Through the years, living in Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, Kankakee, IL, Wilmington, N.C., Memphis, TN and now Mulberry, FL, I produced and sold a variety of crafts in various mediums, including resin sculpture, wire sculpture, hand painted cloth sculpture, hand painted plates, porcelain jewelry, polymer clay jewelry (sold to several stores), hand painted shirts and more.  Two of my favorite creations are my sculpted painting and my first wall hanging (65+ pieces of fabric)  Creativity is a natural high for me.