Bio

I grew up in a house where my mother was constantly reminding me of my peculiar habits when I was a little girl. Often my personal necessitates came at the cost of her comfort and needs, most notably sleep. When I was young, I didn't need very much sleep so quite frequently I would wake up in the middle of the night and instead of reading a story I wanted my mother to sit with me on my bedroom carpet and sort pop beads by color. Now I can't honestly say what I was thinking during these nightly impulses however I have a hunch that I was mesmerized by the colors, touching them, sorting them, making patterns, choosing where they needed to be in order to be the most beautiful.

For me, it's always been about colors, in all of my pursuits I'm fascinated by the abstract nature of color. I love to understand the complexity of how we see colors and when we arrange them in certain ways they transform and become new. Colors give us the ability to express ourselves where words fall short. It wasn't until much later that I was sure I wanted to arrange colors every day. My meanings develop, my passions are fed, my beliefs are fanned but the common thread is that I will never get tired of choosing colors to express all these things.

I received my BA in studio art from the University of Iowa in December of 2007 and currently teach elementary art in the Pleasant Valley Schools. Art has become my way of questioning the world and my hope is that along the way I'm helping children question their worlds.