About Artist

I pay attention to my nightly dreams, and have had many mystical or visionary experiences during my life—some bidden, some not. Creating collage allows me to meditate on and explore their symbols and archetypes, the language of the collective unconscious, while honoring these numinosities. Many of my collage pieces come into being this way.

Also, I love to play with color and juxtapose images that strike me as intriguing, paradoxical and/or provocative—in an effort to evoke meaning and highlight the mystery of life.

In 2004 I earned a Master’s degree in East-West Psychology from the School of Consciousness Studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. While doing coursework there, visions involving the homeless led to a powerful heart opening and an ego death of sorts, when I realized on a deep level that We are all One. Not long after graduation I began a career managing non-profits seeking to help unhoused individuals and families as well as those with substance abuse and/or mental health challenges. Now 20+ years later, I’ve retired to pursue art and beauty—within and without.