I'm a small town girl with a big city dream. I grew up in the beauty of Northern Michigan and have loved to draw and paint for as long as I remember. My high school was very small and didn't have an art class until my senior year so mostly everything was self taught. I went on to college at Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City to pursue Fine Arts, which has an outstanding program and I learned so many new things there as well as on my own exploring techniques. I was able to channel all my creative ambition and release it into my paintings and...more