Growing up in Athens GA, I graduated high school and went on to study fine art at the University of Georgia. I later transferred to the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, graduating with a degree in Advertising and Design.
I worked for over ten years in advertising as an art and creative director. My work experience spanned the globe from New York City, Dusseldorf Germany, Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong and Oman.
My family resettled back in the US in Houston, where our daughter was born. Houston is the home of the International Quilt Festival, the largest quilt market and exhibition in the world. I attended classes with several inspirational instructors and embarked on my own quilting career.
Now residing in Alpharetta, Georgia I teach art part time to elementary school children. I have a quilting and art studio in my home and have been fortunate to have my work shown in several local venues and in international shows, including an invitation to show work in the Houston Quilt Show that started it all. Most recently, I was commissioned to quilt a portrait of First Lady Laura Bush. I was invited to be present for its presentation to her in Washington DC on April 17, 2008.

Honors

2008 Congressional Club Commission Quilt for First Lady Laura Bush
2008 Bulloch Hall Quilt Show - Roswell GA
2007 Arts Clayton Gallery, Group Show – Jonesborough, GA
2007 Quilt Featured in Atlanta Journal Constitution
2007 Bulloch Hall Quilt Show – Challenge Quilt Second Prize

2006 International Quilt Association Show by invitation - Houston TX
2006 Quilting Arts Magazine 2007 Calendar Challenge - Semifinalist
2006 International Quilt Association Juried Show, Finalist - Chicago IL
2006 American Quilter’s Society Juried Show - Paducah KY
2006 Bulloch Hall Quilt Show - Roswell GA
2005 American Quilter’s Society Juried Show - Paducah KY
2005 Spruill Gallery Refusing to Dance Backwards Emerging Female Artists in Atlanta, Group Show - Dunwoody GA

Associations International Quilt Association

American Quilter’s Society
Bulloch Hall Quilt Guild
Young Rembrandts Drawing Program - Instructor