My career began with art, yet it still is new for me. At 18, I began studying fine arts at C.U. Practicality, which led me to a successful 30-year career in graphic design, but recently, the fine art side of my soul started to scream at me. I listened. In 2016, I signed up for some classes and devoted time to a love of painting that I had put on the back shelf years ago. I'm learning. Therein lies the beauty. I studied oil painting for four years with the respected artist Rey Ford. I have also taken classes and workshops with Jake Gaedtke, Zoey Frank, Kelli Folsom, Lyn Boyer, Jane Hunt, Yana Beylinson, Jane Hunt, Jordon Wolfson, Terrie Lombardi, and many others. I'm currently mentoring with highly regarded artist Robin Cole. I was born and raised in Crested Butte, Colorado, as were my father and grandmother. I watched the coal mines closing down and the ski area starting up. Boulder has been my home since 1975. I attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and graduated from the Colorado Institute of Art in Denver with a degree in Graphic Design. I live in the foothills north of Boulder with my husband, Dave Harrison. My son, Collin Harrison, and his wife, Aida, recently moved back from Majorca, Spain, and live in Lakewood, Co. I am now happily painting in my new studio at the House of Serein House of Serein is both a community art space and a workspace for creatives. "For me, art is about learning. Learning to be quiet and learning to be loud.Learning to explore and to accept, to sit and observe, feel and touch.Art teaches us to look intently and avoid the preconceived. Art is freedom… with realities. Art is life."