Work in this shop is created to delight and inspire a lightness of being. The graphics are original and each step is done by me. Creative inspiration comes from nature, which never ceases to amaze and is beautiful in all its forms. While I consider myself a visual person, there is often the subtext of a story, which directs composition and subject choices. In this, I label myself an illustrator though making art is just as much about improvising and discovering within the process as it is about rendering. Preliminary sketches allow me to better understand the subject and to expand an idea, then I render a composition. Often I make paper cut elements which I revise along with adding texture and color digitally.