• With a needle and thread I will turn the art world on its ear.
• I raise abandon beads that people have discarded in thrift stores.
• I color outside the lines….and do it with permanent markers.
• I like the color red, because it is obnoxious, vibrant and loud.
• Fiber art is not something you eat for breakfast…you hang it on your wall.
• I am inspired by lots of artists and creative people…living and dead.
• I pull my ideas out of the air like a magician.
• I have a college degree in Visual Arts, so that makes me know less about how not to save money.
• All my clothes are from Old Navy and have paint stains on them.
• I am an artist…..watch me paint the world clueless.

1998 Art in the Park Merit Award, Greenville, SC
2001,2002,2003 Best Of Show-Textiles, Spartanburg Art Museum, SC
2002 2nd Level Merit Award, Art in the Park, Greenville, SC
2002 Emry’s Scholarship, Greenville, SC
2003 Honorable Mention, Art in the Park, Greenville, SC
2003, 2004 Penland School of Arts and Crafts Work-study, Penland NC
2003 Metropolitan Arts Council Artist Grant
2003 Alternate for the Crafts Grant-SC Arts Commission
2004 2nd Place, Pickens County Art Museum Art Show
2004 Honorable Mention, SC Palmetto Crafts Show, Charleston SC
2004 2nd Place Upstate Visual Arts Small Works Show, Greenville, SC
2004 2nd Place Spartanburg Museum Outdoors Art Show, Spartanburg, SC
2005 1st Place-Textiles, Spartanburg Art Museum Outdoor Show, Spartanburg, SC

Graphic Artist 1987-89
Art Instructor 1992-1999
Calhoun Elem. Sch. Anderson,SC
East End Elem. Sch. Easley, SC
Golden Artists Paints 2001-2002
Workshop Instructor 2002-

1987 BVA Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
1991 M.Ed Converse College, Spartanburg
Penland School of Crafts