Starting at an early age, I was influenced by nature and design. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, I grew up in a small beach town very close to San Francisco. I learned about flowers and plants by watching and gardening with my mother, an avid gardener and joining my mom and my sister on long drives down the coast to nurseries in Half Moon Bay when I was a little girl. 

Moving to San Francisco in my early 20's, I studied Floral Design and Horticulture for several years and began my very layered career of 25 years in Design; I started my own Design company, focusing on weddings and private homes. In addition, I freelanced and became one of the Senior Designers for Stanlee Gatti,  where I worked on million dollar weddings and events for nine years. From Stanlee's I went on to study Interior Design, while still continuing to do weddings and quickly stepped into a Senior Interior Design role for Arthur McLaughlin and Associates in San Francisco, focusing on a high end residential clientele.

Today, I bring all of my design experience forward and you can find me in my studio losing myself in my paintings of nature, landscapes and still life’s. Mostly you can find me in nature, taking walks and photos that inspire me to paint and enjoying the beautiful nature all around us here in the Bay Area and elsewhere. Traveling and exploring new places and seeing nature’s beauty constantly inspires me. I feel so fortunate to be doing work I love to do and for all of my former design work that has brought me here today as a painter.