I have always been observant and curious. A thinker. A problem solver.  As a young child, I remember going on Sunday drives with my family, looking out the window and falling in love with the homes trailing by. I imagined what I might do or change if I lived there. And also what I might keep. Like the big maple tree in the front yard and how the white picket fence contrasted perfectly with the perennials in bloom. It was a warm daydream I could wrap myself up in. My happy feeling inspired by neighborhoods of manicured lawns and clean, winding sidewalks. Kids riding bikes and dads washing cars. A well-designed life.

 

Today, while my roots will always be in those sweet childhood memories, my sources of inspiration have expanded and my taste has refined. My peers, carpenters, architects, landscapes, light and dark, the rhythmic ocean, the endless sky and so much more of the buzzing world around me all provide a zest and vitality that I live for translating into art.