I grew up the “musical child" in a family of visual artists. I studied piano and admired everyone else’s paintings, pastels, and sculptures. The shock of my mother's early death, however, and my need to remain in some way connected to her, precipitated the amazing discovery that there was an artist in me as well. My frugal mother had taught me all she knew about sewing and instilled in me a love for fabric, so fiber/textiles was a natural choice as my medium when I was introduced to quilting and the Utah Surface Design Group (USDG) in the 1990s.
In my early quilting career, I was fortunate to be able to balance a full-time job (a necessity) while creating and showing my work in national and international venues, culminating in Quilt National ’99. I was also the recipient of a Utah Arts Council/National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Grant. I have only recently returned to fiber art after about a 15-year hiatus when I was commuting between states for work to support my family and caring for my elderly father (what a blessing, he lived to be nearly 98!). My work is in private collections and has been published in books and magazine articles. Since my reentry to the art quilt world, I have been juried into statewide all artists/all mediums art shows and regional and global exhibitions through Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA). Currently, I am Exhibition Chair for the USDG and serve on a SAQA Regional (Colorado/Utah/Wyoming) Exhibition Committee.
I live in a western suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah with my husband, our three rescue doggies, and our lone kitty. Now retired, I enjoy exploring multiple fiber art techniques and have also renewed my musical interests, splitting my days between art and learning a new keyboard instrument--the organ!