About Me
Art has always drawn me. The urge to create has been a siren call since childhood. After receiving a B.F.A. and studying art abroad, I taught art in schools. I became interested in psychological healing which led to a M.A. in Counseling and decades of work as a therapist and art therapist. Throughout this time I was involved in an intense spiritual quest. “The One” was calling me home. In the last few years these siren calls of art, spirit, and self-awareness have merged and I am experiencing a tremendous down pouring of creative inspiration that is fueled by my own awakening process. I see that as the mind quiets, the artist can become a filter through which the Divine can flow through
As I work, I hold the intention that this work will transmit a spiritual blessing which will impact the viewer’s consciousness. I believe that through conscious creation one can bring the Divine more fully into the world. It is my desire that the beauty and luminosity of these pieces will serve as a reflection of the viewer’s deepest truth. It is my hope that this art will in some small way assist the viewer in finding our ultimate desire, union with the Beloved.
Artistic Process
Traditional Education
B.F.A. in Art, Drake University
M.A. in Counseling, University of Iowa
Post Graduate Training in Gestalt Therapy at The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland
Spiritual Education
I have studied with many “medicine” people including Sunbear, the Chippewa Medicine Man, The Venerable Dhyani Yahoo, Cherokee Medicine woman and Tibetan Buddhist lineage holder, Alberto Villoldo, contemporary shaman, and Carol Bridges, Medicine Woman, designer of the Medicine Women tarot, and founder of Nine Harmonies School of Feng Shui.
More recently I have attended 4 month long Spiritual Deepening Process at Oneness University in India. Oneness University was founded by co-Avatars, Sri AmmaBhagavan. I am now a Oneness Trainer facilitating workshops and gatherings in central Illinois.
Exhibitions
The Liturgical Arts Festival
Springfield Art Association
Springfield, IL
2010, 2012, 2014
A Marriage of Spirit and Place
Springfield, IL
Two Person Show
2012
The Stories Behind the Faces, Contemporary Portraits
Springfield Art Association
Springfield, IL
2013
From Energy to Iconography
Life Force Arts Center
Chicago, IL
2013
Spirit Guides
Life Force Arts Center
Chicago, IL
2013
Illinois Professional Art Exhibition
Springfield, IL
2011, 2012, 2013
Delivery
The Pharmacy Art Group
Springfield, IL
Fall 2014
Flight
The Pharmacy Art Group
Springfield, IL
Spring 2014
As I work, I hold the intention that this work will transmit a spiritual blessing which will impact the viewer’s consciousness. I believe that through conscious creation one can bring the Divine more fully into the world. It is my desire that the beauty and luminosity of these pieces will serve as a reflection of the viewer’s deepest truth. It is my hope that this art will in some small way assist the viewer in finding our ultimate desire, union with the Beloved.
Artistic Process
Traditional Education
B.F.A. in Art, Drake University
M.A. in Counseling, University of Iowa
Post Graduate Training in Gestalt Therapy at The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland
Spiritual Education
I have studied with many “medicine” people including Sunbear, the Chippewa Medicine Man, The Venerable Dhyani Yahoo, Cherokee Medicine woman and Tibetan Buddhist lineage holder, Alberto Villoldo, contemporary shaman, and Carol Bridges, Medicine Woman, designer of the Medicine Women tarot, and founder of Nine Harmonies School of Feng Shui.
More recently I have attended 4 month long Spiritual Deepening Process at Oneness University in India. Oneness University was founded by co-Avatars, Sri AmmaBhagavan. I am now a Oneness Trainer facilitating workshops and gatherings in central Illinois.
Exhibitions
The Liturgical Arts Festival
Springfield Art Association
Springfield, IL
2010, 2012, 2014
A Marriage of Spirit and Place
Springfield, IL
Two Person Show
2012
The Stories Behind the Faces, Contemporary Portraits
Springfield Art Association
Springfield, IL
2013
From Energy to Iconography
Life Force Arts Center
Chicago, IL
2013
Spirit Guides
Life Force Arts Center
Chicago, IL
2013
Illinois Professional Art Exhibition
Springfield, IL
2011, 2012, 2013
Delivery
The Pharmacy Art Group
Springfield, IL
Fall 2014
Flight
The Pharmacy Art Group
Springfield, IL
Spring 2014