Contemporary Art

I’m honored to be featured in Conversations with Bianca Youngers by Oregon Voyager! The interview shares more about the path behind my studio practice: growing up in Bend, helping run Binks on Alberta Street with my husband for more than two decades, and building a full-time painting practice here in Portland. We also talked about the work itself. My paintings are built slowly through layers of acrylic, mark-making, organic forms, and little pieces of text that sometimes get

A custom painting begins with a feeling. Maybe it is a color you keep coming back to. Maybe it is a room that needs something alive. Maybe it is a memory, a season, or a feeling you want to hold onto in a new way. Commissioning an original painting is an opportunity to create something that feels personal to your home and your life. Rather than choosing a piece after it is finished, you become part of the beginning. Together, we’ll talk about what you are drawn to and what yo

I’m a self-taught painter in Portland, Oregon. I started painting in 2020, and honestly, it changed everything. Before that, I had a different career and a very full, stressful life. My body finally said, “Nope.” I had to step away from the work I was doing, and not long after that, I had open-heart surgery. Painting became the thing I could do while I was figuring out what came next. At first, I was just making things. Then I started realizing I was kind of rebuilding my who