I have always loved the act of creation.

As a child, I drew acted, baked, made up stories, and spent a lot of time daydreaming.  I took very few art classes in school. In 1971, I bought my first sewing machine from a traveling salesman and began my interest in textiles. In the mid seventies I learned to paint with a thickened form of dye in Hawaii. When I returned to Ukiah, I began to make pieces of soft sculpture. I joined Made in Mendocino, a co-op created through an Arts grant. I began to take classes from Holly Brackman at Mendocino college. I learned to batik, silkscreen, tie dye, marble etc. In the late 80's Holly introduced silk dye to her class. I was very interested in the process and began to take workshops with people in the field.