About The Artist I began painting with oils at the age of 16. After graduating from the University of Colorado with a B.A., I moved to Alaska and began focusing on watercolor painting. Photography had always been a passion, but access to a digital dark room made experimentation less onerous. It gave me the ability to achieve results more akin to my artistic vision that painting afforded. Many of my photographs are interpretations of that vision achieved through numerous digital techniques. I have tried to make my photographs more painterly in nature and have chosen to print them on a medium softer and more akin to the watercolors that I have produced. I am fascinated with color and, as can be seen, use vibrant variations not necessarily seen in nature. At the same time, when interpreting powwow dancers, I sometimes use the same pallet for the figure and background to portray a sense on oneness with the natural world. I see and imagine these dancers in a spiritual world of the heart rather than in a specific time and place. My abstract paintings originated from working with and viewing my photographs close up. I began seeing mythological scenes in small areas within my photographs. My interpretations of those small snippets of photographs result in a series of paintings representing beings moving around in a mythological past of my creation. Exhibits and Recent Awards My work has been in numerous shows in Colorado and Alaska including three of my paintings being featured in the All Alaska Juried Exhibition at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art. In Santa Fe, my watercolors were represented by Eldorado Traders Gallery, and The Givingness Gallery. Ink illustrations were published in the book “Exploring New Mexico Wine Country”. My jewelry was featured in the Joe Wade Gallery, Rainbow Man, and Nathalie’s in Santa Fe as well as in other cities throughout the U.S. For the past five years, I have been exhibiting my photography and paintings in the annual Santa Fe Indian Market put on by Southwest American Indian Arts (SWAIA). Recent Awards include SWAIA  2005 Santa Fe Indian Market – 3rd Place – Alternative Process Photography SWAIA  2005 Santa Fe Indian Market – 3rd Place – Abstract Painting – Acrylics SWAIA  2006 Santa Fe Indian Market – 1st Place – Alternative Process Photography SWAIA  2006 Santa Fe Indian Market – Best of Division – Photography SWAIA 2006 Santa Fe Indian Market – Standards Award – Accomplished use of Materials and Techniques  SWAIA 2010 Santa Fe Indian Market - 1st Place - Digital Photography