Biography
I was born in Japan and have lived in
Italy and Colorado. Experiencing these places with my artistic family imbued me
with essential influences that guide my aesthetic values. Since the beginning
of my art career in 1968, I have persistently empowered my life and art with
the perceptible transformative presence of energy. I am grateful to my first teacher, my
grandfather, and the classes I attended at Kunstshule Rödel, Germany, Corcoran
School of Art, Washington, DC, and the Naropa University, Boulder, CO. My
spiritual teachers, Wallace Black Elk and other Native American Elders, taught
me to respect and honor the Earth through art. I consult, teach and have
exhibited nationally in over 100 venues. I work full time from the home studio
I designed and my husband built at Sunwise Farm and Sanctuary.
Statement
I approach art as a spiritual practice
that transmits the beauty I encounter. In the moment the creative flow connects
me with my right place where I seek to touch the soul at the deepest level. Nature
is an enduring source of inspiration, and its essence is palpable in all my
work. I am interested in what lies beneath the surface appearance of things. Observing
a sunflower I ask; what is the sacred geometry of its design, what does it convey,
what mystery gives it life? What I see and then bring into form are creations
that reveal the subtle dimensions of reality. I translate nature’s qualities of
beauty, transparency, layering, mutability, communication and life force into
art. I express the complexity of the world, the simplicity of life, its
fragility and strength.
