Original Fine Art & Murals

My path to becoming the artist I am today wasn’t a straight line. I studied psychology, teaching and art therapy before mural painting took me on a wonderfully unexpected ride in my twenties. I loved the scale, the transformation and the joy of completely changing a space, while continuing to paint in oils all along. Today, oil painting is where I feel most at home, although a mural that sounds like fun can still tempt me now and then.

I paint in an impressionistic, expressive way. I’m less interested in recreating exactly what a camera sees than in capturing what a place, memory or moment feels like. A landscape can hold a whole history. A changing sky can shift a mood. A flower can be delicate and resilient at the same time.

I’m an artist, a wife and a mom to three wildly beautiful souls. I miss South Africa and my people, but I fell in love with Texas. This is home. I believe art should lift us up, give us somewhere to pause, reflect or escape, and make everyday life a little more beautiful. If something I paint makes you stop for a moment and feel something, then I’ve done what I hoped to do.