I’m a mixed media artist and business owner living in Philadelphia. For more than two decades, I worked as a digital artist – first in the video game industry, then co-founding a graphic design firm with my husband. Along the way, I started to acquire and rehab rental properties – there’s something satisfying about transforming spaces to their full potential.

While all that fed a creative part of my brain, something was still missing. So I made the intentional decision to shift gears and give my artistic life the space it was asking for.

I’d always been involved with artist communities, volunteered with art organizations, and showed work in open studios and juried exhibits in San Francisco and Philadelphia. But now I am living more fully into what it actually means to be an artist.

These days, I serve as a Guide for Art2Life, an international artist community; volunteer locally with Center for Creative Works; and spend more time than ever in my studio in Fishtown.

After spending decades behind computer screens, I craved the tactile experience of art-making – touching actual materials, spreading paint around, combining different textures.

My work finds the extraordinary in everyday moments. I explore what calls me: turning street posters into collage, letting random scribbles evolve into unexpected creatures, and exploring personal themes in my daily sketchbook.