It’s rooted in my soul to create out of an appreciation for the simplicity and authenticity from which I came.

I've been married to my best friend, who I met in fourth grade, for five years now. I consider the East Coast my home, although I was born and raised in Nebraska. It’s rooted in my soul to create out of an appreciation for the simplicity and authenticity of which I came from. I was the girl who asked for a digital camera many Christmases ago, who made her sisters dress up and pose in front of a tablecloth slung over a door. On a farm surrounded by flattened fields for miles, my imagination was my companion. There were no distractions, no tv or social media. I embraced what I had. A passion for creating grew in those years...it's how I breathe, how I feel, how I experience God, how he encounters me, and how I'm designed. 

My grandpa used to say that there's something beautiful about a whole-lotta nothing...and if you've been to Nebraska, you might be able to understand how real that statement is. Like many raised in a small town, I couldn't wait to see what else was beyond our miles of flattened fields. I drifted south to Missouri where I studied fine art for several years, which were some of my richest years, growing in my craft and in myself. I'm still growing by the way...in case you might've thought I've arrived, I don't believe in such a thing. I'm determined to be forever a student. Between painting and pottery classes, I borrowed a colleague's camera; I photographed nature, strangers cleaning shop windows, and friends willing to pose in alleyways. What were spontaneous night-time shoots in front of car headlights quickly became a passionate expression that I could wrap others into

Me and my love!