LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
“i began my artistic journey as a kid sewing crazy clothes for all my Barbie dolls on my hand crank, kiddy sewing machine. My mom and grandma taught me proper stitch techniques, but I was never very good at following directions. All through school I made clothes for myself and found a tribe of friends in art classes. This led me to a degree in Design from University of California, Davis, with an emphasis in textiles and wearable art. No surprise, after college I found it difficult to pay the bills with my wearable art, so I got my teaching credential in Art and Education from San Francisco State University.
As an art teacher, I needed to be a generalist. I taught block printing, monotype, drawing, painting, collage,…