My work comes from listening - to dreams, to place,

and to the quiet pull that keeps asking me to

paint those stories.

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Art has always been a place where time disappears, where I can be soothed by the process & lost in the story. I have a quiet nature that thrives where stories form without needing words. In my early days, art got me through hard relationships and unsettled years. Even when I was working other jobs, art stayed in the background. 

 

In my twenties,  I won a trip to Maui. After that, something strange happened:  I started having a recurring  dream every night for a year - glassy waves opening into entire worlds inside. This had to mean something. Eventually I listened. I moved. I started painting professionally on a dare, and I realized I loved this new direction my life had taken.

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Later when my kids were small, painting fell away. I was busy, needed, successful but anxious. So I set up a tiny studio and started again, and realized - Painting isn't optional, it's how I breathe.

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Today I tell the stories that move me, the stories of the places and people I love, stories that feel very important to not forget. 

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I've been honored to have my work shown in galleries across Hawai‘i.

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Mahalo for being here, for supporting local artists, and for believing in the power of storytelling through art.