I live in Minnesota, in the Twin Cities. I graduated with a major in fine art in 1996. In 1998 I did an art internship in Italy. I started showing my art in 2000 and began a business having my art made into gift products in 2006. In 2007 I started to see my art change and fitting into illustration. In the years missing in this bio, I did many jobs, had two kids and learned a lot.