Upon moving to Indiana from the West Coast, I fell in love with the Midwestern sky and landscape. I felt compelled to pick up a paintbrush and capture the sky's fleeting moments and vast countryside on canvas. As a result, I fell in love with painting. I continue to paint; and almost always, my paintings feature the Midwestern landscape or the West Coast's Pacific Ocean, two elements of nature that inspire me endlessly and two places I am grateful to call home.