I've always wondered if people are affected by the geography of the place they were born in. I was born near the ocean in Gulfport, Mississippi. Maybe that's why I feel so connected to the ebb and flow of life?
  I spent part of my youth living in Germany near ancient castles and haunted forests, and the other part in southern California. What different places! In Calie, we lived near Death Valley on a military base and the hippies were allowed to come on the base and play music for us.
  I was 11 when we moved to Arizona and I saw the kachinas dancing on the hilltops as we came in through the northern part of the state. I have lived here ever since and have come to find and appreciate the special magic and power the desert has. The truth is, though, you can find magic anywhere.
   All of my life, magical experiences have followed me. Magic abilities - the power to heal and bring rain and other blessings - runs in my family. There are wise women and gypsies in my family tree, so is it any wonder that I learned those things too and applied them to my art?
  As a child, I used to make "happy pictures" - drawings done with crayons and covered in glitter. After the drawing was done, I would beam my happy thoughts (usually of a Christmas morning), into the picture and chant the magical verse from Disney's movie, Bedknobs and Broomsticks. These happy pictures always induced a state of bliss when they were looked at. I would hide them in my dresser drawer and save them for special occasions when anyone was sad. That way, their power was concealed until later.
  I later learned this was a form of shamanism. In Paleolithic times, scenes of the successful hunt were painted on cave walls as sympathetic magic to actually make that event happen. This is an ancient art that has carried over into modern times. In her book, Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, the author meets a Balinese shaman who draws a picture of what she is desiring in life, and a year later, when she looks at the picture, she realizes it has been fulfilled.
  This is what I do.
   All of my art is spiritually created in this way. As such, I am part of the Sacred Art Movement. Sacred Art is created in a state of devotion, and I set an intention of blessing and maintain that focus while I am creating the art. As an artist and a wise woman, I work closely with the Angelic Realm, the Ascended Masters and the elemental world (faeries, mermaids, dragons and dwarves). I honor the Divine Feminine and Masculine Principles of life.

In the words of St. Francis of Assisi:

A woman who works with her hands
is a laborer.
A woman who works with her hands
and her head is a craftsperson.
A woman who works with her hands.
her head and her heart
is an artist.