it’s a pleasure to meet you.

My work is inspired by fantasy, flowers,

melodies, and dreams,

by mysteries and landscapes

and Spirited things ♫

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+ The Appalachian foothills are my lifelong home. Here, I come alive in quiet inspiration.

background.

I obtained an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from APU in 2017, and a certificate in Writing for Children and Teens from the Institute for Writers in 2005 (credited by Charter Oak State College). I am currently pursuing a Masters degree in Library and Information Science at Kent State University, to begin fall ‘24.

I worked professionally in the photography industry for 15+ years specializing in childhood portraiture and creative mentoring. I have worked alongside industry leaders such as Samsung and Click & Co. If interested, you can see more on LinkedIn. My Etsy shoppe, Forest and Crow (now closed) ranked as a top shop for gifts with 200+ reviews.

writing.

I write poetry, rhyming picture books for children, and inspirational content for adults. I am working to complete a memoir, and aspire to pivot to novels eventually :)

illustrative technique.

I fuse photographs with pencil sketches, painting, and other elements, then refine them with digital painting and photo manipulation to create whimsical dreamscapes.