Bio
I have always loved doing art, and I was lucky to have people in my life along the way that encouraged me. I credit my parents for my early interest in art. Every Christmas when I was a kid, my parents gave me a sketchbook and a new set of markers and crayons.
Later, my high school offered drawing and painting courses, and my teacher, Ms. McCord, made me feel like I could do anything. I love her for inspiring me. She gave me the idea to major in art while at college, and my first thought was, "Can I really get a degree in something so fun?"
After graduating high school in 1997, I attended Brigham Young University to study painting and graduated in 2002 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
I worked on a mural team while I was in college, and we painted 10 murals for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. These murals are now displayed in LDS temples around the world: Lubbock, Texas; Monterrey, Mexico; Campinas, Brazil; Snowflake, Arizona; Columbia River, Washington; Brisbane, Australia; Redlands, California; Accra, Ghana; Aba, Nigeria; and Manhattan, New York.
I have a studio at home and spend my time doing what I love... ART!
Recent Awards include:
Best of Show, American Fork Steel Days Art Show, 2008
Award of Merit, Plein Air Provo, 2007
1st place, Experienced Oil Painting Division, American Fork Steel Days Art Show, 2007
Best of Show, American Fork Steel Days Art Show, 2007
