In the basement of my childhood home, I turned a tornado shelter into my first art studio and proudly covered the cement block walls with my creations. As the years went on, I pursued other paths, eventually building a career in interior design. A cancer diagnosis later brought me back to art, this time as a source of healing and renewal. In 2020, just before the world slowed down, I rented a studio space and said YES to art once again. I have not looked back, and now I create collages that invite you to rediscover joy, magic, and beauty in the unexpected.
Artist Biography
Each collage begins with paper and found imagery, but what I hope you see is something more: a spark of wonder, a glimpse of magic in the everyday. My art is less about replicating reality and more about reimagining it. I invite you to pause, look closer, and discover beauty where you might not expect it. By bringing together fragments of the familiar in unexpected ways, I strive to open a doorway into joy, curiosity, and possibility.
Art Exhibitions
2025
Solo Show at Eastend Gallery, Marshall, Michigan
Strawberry Moon Magazine Issue 8
2024
ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Paris Collage Collective Earth Day 2024 book
Moss Piglet Art and Literature Journal May cover art
Festival of the Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan
International Festival of Jazz Dance “Dance in Collages 2024” exhibition, Pardubice, Czech Republic
Moss Piglet Art and Literature Journal cover art
Paris Collage Collective International Women’s Day 2024 book
Strawberry Moon magazine, Issue 7
For the Love of Collage book, Collage-Lab
2023
Art Prize, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Sweetwaters solo show, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Doré Art Collective, When It’s Quiet exhibition
FACES OF COLLAGE online exhibit and book, Collage-Lab
Food Story group exhibition, gallerium.art
Moss Piglet Art and Literature Journal cover art
Uppercase magazine, Canada, Issue #56
Corewell Health 2023 calendar, December art
2022
ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Contemporary Collage magazine, England, Issue #11
Lowell Arts “U-Create” gallery show, Lowell, Michigan
Festival of the Arts Regional Arts Exhibition
Quebec Collage “Look Around” virtual exhibition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Vayo Collage “Todo y Nada” gallery show, Rochester, New York
Lodger Gallery “Light of Day” virtual exhibition, Kansas City, Missouri
International Society of Experimental Artists exhibition, Van Singel Fine Arts Center, Byron Center, Michigan
Lowell Arts “Worldview: Art Inspiring Art” gallery show, Lowell, Michigan
2021
Corbeaux magazine, September cover art
Edward A. Dixon Gallery “JOY (This is Just What I Needed!)” virtual exhibition, Dayton, Ohio
Spectrum School of the Arts and gallery show, Racine, Wisconsin
ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, Michigan
International Society of Experimental Artists “Making Our Marks” virtual exhibition
Vayo Collage “Compression” gallery show, Rochester, New York
Lowell Arts “Getaway” gallery show, Lowell, Michigan
Greetings From Ferkelburg zine cover art
2020
Moss Piglet Art and Literature Journal November cover art
Lowell Arts “New & You” gallery show, Lowell, Michigan
Grand Rapids Public Museum Coronavirus permanent archive, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2019
Corewell Health Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion “A Journey” art show, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Action Art exhibit, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan