and full time parent to two beautiful girls who created the masterpiece seen here. I began my painting career while half drowning in the all-consuming job as a mother of young children. Catching small moments between baby tending and toddler wrangling, painting began as a simple way to grab precious “me-time.” It soon became a way to explore the roles, identities, expectations, and realities of being a modern woman and mother.
In my painting I want to show that the value of women does not come from fitting into a single ideal, but that they are inherently beautiful for freely being themselves and for their efforts to be so many things to others. Check out more of my story here: