Whether it be illustration, landscape, portrait, or still life, my paintings often exude a playful and whimsical quality that hint towards the imagination and wonder sparked by my childhood in New Mexico, as the daughter of an artist, and granddaughter of a poet and writer. My observations of Taos artists and their work, including Victor Higgins, Gustave Baumann, Olive Rush, and Giselle Loeffler, became a form of osmosis in my early artistic development. Sketching trips and studio work with my mother, also a Taos artist, became a foundation for my artistic life.