I am an artist, a painter of dreams. I am a parent and art educator, a protector of children and student of knowledge.

I am contemplative, introspective, obsessive, passionate, protective, demanding of myself and of those I love, a bit idealistic and a believer in happy endings.I love children, especially my own. I love ART…it is everywhere. I adore beautiful minds. I value peace, kindness and quiet. I love the sight of a slumbering child and the sound of my children's breathing when they are comfortably asleep and dreaming. And finally I love to hear people's life stories. Everyone has a story.I try to paint my own. "We turn outward, attracted by the beauty we see in created things without realizing that they are only a reflection of the real beauty. And the real beauty is within us." -- Ernesto Cardenal