I am mostly self taught and I’ve been a maker since I was a child. Building forts in the woods and decorating them, painting, carving, sculpting, sewing, you name it, I was obsessed with it all. I started making dolls in 2005 after a 12 year stretch of creating a jewelry wholesale line. One day, burnt out from the daily production routine of my jewelry line, I walked into a bookstore to relax, take a browsing mental break and a much needed change of subject. There I found the 2005 fall issue of Art Doll Quarterly and was smitten, bitten by the doll making bug! I’ve made hundreds of dolls since that day, sold early on through craft shows and in more recent years online, adding spun cotton ornaments to my doll making repertoire.

I like to divide my studio time between doll making and painting, because it makes me happy and I find one medium keeps the other fresh. I am so grateful that over the years many of my dolls and paintings have found new homes with collectors across the United States, Europe and Australia.