Curiosity and possibility infuse how I approach art and life. This way of living started at an early age when four generations of women in my family would gather at my grandmother’s house and make things together. Nature, items found in the cupboards, a story, imagined or real, a memory, could all be fodder for creating something new. Although two of my great aunts were artists (my “magic” aunts) and art hung on the wall of my grandmother’s home, there was never a sense that art was something only experts could do or think about or its purpose was to be owned.  The environment was warm and full of love.  Encouragement, possibility, and playfulness were palpable.   

This ethos and atmosphere are what I strive to cultivate in my work by design as an artist, educator, leader, speaker, writer, curator, and researcher.  Art is a powerful force that lives beyond the walls of institutions in lives, memories, and generations.  Art is life expanding. My motivation continues to be making art engaging and accessible to more people so they may find greater joy in living life through and with art.