As a former dancer, capturing movement is the overarching theme in my work. I love painting in a variety of styles ranging from abstract to impressionistic, and my aim in any piece is to create something that feels alive. My current work has thematic patterns of land and light. I first studied art at Wake Forest University in 2009, and went on to work in healthcare while painting in every spare moment I could find. I found that I couldn’t not paint, even when I had very little margin in my life, and am grateful to be pursuing art today in a way that feeds that passion.

Apart from painting, I work PRN as a surgical Physician Assistant, am a mother of 3, runner, woodworker, music lover, and trail mix high-grader. Like most Bendites, I am usually out somewhere with poor cell reception taking in the beauty of Central Oregon when not in the studio.