My Studio at Riverside Studios was flooded during Helene storm and we are temporarily closed, but you can find me at Wedge Studio #2B2, Sunday 11am-4pm and Monday 11am-2 pm.
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The natural environment has always given me a strong sense of peace, comfort and mind-blowing awe. I often take inspiration from specific locations, using photos taken on walks in nature as reference point, but I think of my mixed media paintings as visual poetry, created by combining structure, texture, pattern and color, distilling it into its essential form.

The textured surfaces are made by creating a collage of embossed paper and layering of acrylic paint, and I prefer to continue the paintings around the edge of the gallery-wrapped canvases, incorporating the sculptural shape of the canvas to move the image into space.

I began my art career in Norway as a weaver, but transitioned into painting after receiving a Bachelor of Fine Art in 1998 from the University of North Carolina.
Western North Carolina is now my home, and since 2010 I have maintained a working studio in the River Arts District of Asheville.