More about me...

I create from my home studio in Southern Oregon surrounded by my gardens in the company of a small flock of chickens, free range grandkids, and my husband who can do anything I put my mind to. 

I’m an artist and creative mentor who believes making things can help us make sense of things. My work is an invitation to hold the whole beautiful mess - what is AND what can be, heartache AND hope, the stories that shaped us AND the freedom to keep creating ourselves anew with each creative act we pursue.

Sometimes making things helps us make sense of things. And sometimes we need someone to help us make sense of the making. I love working one-on-one with artists, helping you find your way through creative blocks, transitions, big ideas, and the uncertainty that can come as you create your way from where you are to where you want to be.

Bring me what’s tangled. We’ll find the thread together.

I am the creator of over a dozen popular online art courses and eBooks which provide easy, step-by-step guidance on how to improve your metalsmtihing skills in my signature “homesteader” style, how to create original sculpted forms with plaster and found objects, and how to combine plaster, paint, and encaustic medium in luminous two-dimensional work.

Being a wholehearted artist is more than just nailing down a style, becoming an expert in materials, or amassing a hoard of raving fans. It’s also about tending to other aspects of life with the same devotion and creativity that you bring to an art practice. 

So what else fuels my creativity?

I’LL GROW IT

Our land is my largest and most unruly art project. I love dirty hands, propagating plants, growing flowers, and seeing how much trouble I can get into with a tractor. I grow a productive food garden too big for just two of us, perpetually edit and rebuild perennial beds, and get unreasonably happy when a new load of composted manure is delivered.

I’LL SEW IT

My fabric stash is as big as my art supply and seed stashes. Mostly linen and vintage fabrics and only natural fibers. I love being able to make what I want and usually of better quality than I can buy it.

I’LL WRITE TO FIND OUT

I am “of two minds” about most things - I can see all the sides to a situation. My devotion to a journaling practice keeps my overthinking tendencies focused on asking better questions, listening to my gut + God’s voice, and find the courage to act on what I discover. Bonus: my husband only has to hear the edited version.

I’LL FIGURE IT OUT

A perpetual self-learning, deep diver, rabbit hole go-er downer. If I’m curious about it, I want understanding - like deeply. Blame my 4w5, my Gemini Moon, and the God who made me this way.