Educated in the late '60's as a French & English teacher and an accountant since 1972, I have always used artistic endeavors as a means to relax and find a center in my life. In college, I discovered photography, a medium that I have enjoyed since I bought my first SLR camera. Today, I work both in a traditional darkroom setting and also with digital processing. I have been working with stained glass since the early 1980's when I took my first classes in San Francisco. In the late 1980's I discovered dichroic glass and fell in love with its beauty. In 1991, while living outside Portland Maine, I began studying traditional metal smithing and jewelry design at the Maine College of Art . In 2001 I ordered my first Art Clay Silver starter kit from my stained glass distributor, and my love of metal clay was born. In 2004 I completed my Level I and Level II certification in PMC through PMC Connection and became a member of the PMC Guild. In 2005, I started experimenting with polymer clay and enamels. In 2006, I became certified as a level 1 instructor  in Art Clay Silver.

I have over 30 years experience teaching students of all ages in a variety of academic and artistic settings - and my stained glass has been exhibited both here in the USA and in Japan. I have studied most recently with Silver Clay Artists Celie Fago and Carol Babineau and Polymer Clay artists Kathleen Dustin,Sarah Shriver and Christi Freisen.