Childhood summers on my family’s roundup wagon provided time to study the livestock that inspires much my imagery. I portray animals in light-filled, painterly strokes that look more realistic from across a room than up-close. I’ve been honored to win a few awards and take part in some national shows, but mostly I’m grateful to be able to live my childhood dream of being an artist. My paintings hang in private and corporate collections in nearly every state in the US and in 11 foreign countries on six continents around the world. I paint from my studio in Dayton, Wyoming, at the foot of the beautiful Bighorn Mountains. My husband, Terry, and I have a grown daughter, a son and a daughter-in-law, and a small posse of pets.