Valley

1995-1996: Studies oil painting with Judy Dupic in Lanta, France. Travels to Paris, Manchester, London, West Coast of Ireland, Cataques, Florence, and Rome.

1997-2001: Studies Oriental Medicine and Chinese language in Ft. Lauderdale. Three year acupuncture internship with Johanna Yen, MD. Two year herbal medicine internship with Boping Wu, MD. Completes Master's degree in Oriental Medicine.

2002-2005: Completes Bachelor's degree in Science and Nursing. Works as a Registered Nurse in cardiac intensive care. Maintains studio in Boca Raton, Florida. Visits Alhambra in Granada, Spain.

2006-2009: Lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. Marries artist James Walton Fox. Visits Isla Margarita, Venezuela. Builds studio in Trout Creek, New York. Works at Beth Israel’s Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit in Manhattan for 15 months. Visits Amsterdam and reunites with painting teacher Judy Dupic in Lanta, France.

2010: Living and working in New York City.

The flower by its very nature is symbolic of impermanence, of spring, and of beauty. Because of its shape the flower is an image of the center and hence an archetypal image of the soul. For the alchemist, the flower was symbolic of the work of the sun, the giver of life.

Flowers are life itself and accompany us through every aspect of our existence. They are part of the joyful celebration of birth; they keep company with altars; they are a healing companion for the sick; they lead the way at weddings and dress tables of celebration; they are given to express hope, yearning and passion; and finally they honor the dead and comfort those who mourn.

Flowers are the mystical adjunct to human communication. They speak for us, filling the gaping mouth when given with meaning that human words and emotions cannot express. They open the eye and expand the heart.I paint flowers to lengthen their life on canvas so that their color, complexity, and mystery may enrich the hearts of others.