Native of Atlanta, GA. Attended Stephens College, Columbia, MO and a Mississippi State Alumna. 

She works in Colored Pencil, Pastels, Acrylics, Water Colors, Oils and has studied the Classical Approach to Oils by the Masters. She is a member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, the North Carolina Colored Pencil Society Chapter 114, Pastel Society of North Carolina, Water Color Society of North Carolina, the Portrait Society of America, Visual Art Exchange, The Fine Art League of Cary and the Triangle Artist Guild.

She has exhibited her work in juried and non juried shows with commissioned works in NC, TN, MS, MD, FLA, and Israel. She specializes in Landscapes, Portraits, Still Lifes and Classical Reproductions.

Artists that she has studied under and or done workshops with: Bonnie Auten, Rocky Alexander, Frank Covino, Toni Cappel, Barbara Gill, Albert Handell, Robert Liberace, Nicole White Kennedy, Ann Kullberg, Kritsty Kutch, Marvin Mattelson, Rick McClure, Susan Sarback, Timothy Tyler, Luana Luconi Winner, and Dawn Whitelaw.