My love of nature and gardening was passed down through generations of gardeners on my mother’s side. Over time my personal garden collection has grown to include a variety of orchids, tillandsia, succulents, fruit trees, seasonal flowers, houseplants and native plants. With closeup lens and studio lighting, I capture the small details of the petals, focus in on insects, and explore the variety of colors in my backyard garden. The finished images are printed on rice paper allowing me to fuse the image onto the encaustic gesso board and layer multiple images within layers of wax.

My works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Texas, North Carolina and Georgia and are included in the permanent collection at St. Joseph’s Candler Hospital, Savannah, GA, as well as private collections in Switzerland, England, France and across the United States.