I find that people have photographs that maybe aren’t so great but there is something they love about it.  I take that one thing they love and create a beautiful painting to be displayed and cherished.

About Me

I am an artist which includes painting, photography, crafts and music.  I want to make beautiful and meaningful images for you!  My love for art started early in my junior high and high school days.  I was fortunate to grow up in a small town in Illinois that had a fantastic school system!  The arts program was stellar.  Art, music, theater, we had it all in this little farming and coal mining community.  

So what lead me to do this?  Back in high school, my art teacher came up with a very unique and fun project that I enjoyed very much.  We took photos of ourselves using “film” (remember film?), and we used those photos to make portraits of ourselves on canvas.  I turned out so great!  They were posted in the lobby and I was so surprised at how many of my fellow students came up to me and commented how much mine looked like me.   

Now it’s the digital age and there is no more film for the most part.    I happened to come across an artist doing something similar with digital photography.  I signed up for his course and flew to North Carolina to learn his digital portrait system.  Using new technology and blended with artistic talent, it is taking the high school art project to a new level!