I turned to art as therapy at the age of fifty-seven after the loss of my mother in April 2020. The early days of the COVID pandemic and quarantine were a crazy time to grieve such a great loss, but learning to paint and create art in other forms not only got me through it, but helped me grow into the creative person I never knew I was.
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The purpose of most of my art is to illustrate children's books. I’ve written and illustrated three nonfiction children’s books, one about insects, one about birds, and one about reptiles and amphibians. I'm currently working on one about mammals. I'm also creating a picture storybook for young children about a little girl and the moon, as well as a middle-grade chapter book about a boy and his dog, which will include a few ink drawings.
I create art simply for the joy of it or to experiment with new artistic expressions.