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I've been married since I was 17, a mother at 18.  I worked as a beautician for 15 years.  After that I started working at a family business helping out.  In 1997 I took a ceramic class at Napa Valley  College.  My professor, Carolyn Broadwell was the first teacher in my life to encourage me to do something I loved.  She also  validated me as an artist.  My first encounter with trompel'oeil art was making a clay shoe.  Carolyn then gave me a postcard of Dan Anderson's cans.  Not knowing he made them by slabs, I threw mine on the wheel.  I didn't own a computer at the time so I would not have thought to look him up.  After that Carolyn showed me Marilyn Levine's work.  Then I was hooked.  I've been working on my art ever since that day.

For many years now i have been struggling health problems and Yes I have been doing work but not as much as i want.  Also have gone threw 2 earthquakes which has broken a lot of my tromp'oeil pieces.  some of my pieces in the gallery pictures are gone but i just can't delete them.  Thanks for looking at my work and i hope you enjoy .