My home and studio are in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 1988 I attended Colorado State University and learned the ancient art of papermaking. Handmade paper is formed from the cellulose fibers of plants. The pulp I make is 100% cotton, beaten in a Hollander. This is poured and pressed onto a screen to product sheets. When dry, I treat the sheets with layers of acrylic paint and add images with acrylic and gouache.

The images I use come from rock art paintings and pecking, called pictographs and petroglyphs, made by native people all over the world. While no one can decipher the exact meaning of these images, it is commonly believed they were used for shamanic rituals involving healing, hunting, fertility, and protection.

People ask me if my work is original. In my mind, the original is somewhere on a cave wall, or in a tapestry. My art is a replication, honoring and revitalizing the spirit and message of the originals. While certain inspired images may recur in my work, each finished piece is an original, guided by an intuitive process that I follow during construction.

I have traveled extensively, photographing these images and I feel a powerful connection to the peoples who made them and the spirits that inspired them.