Me and my boys when they were kittens. Sam, the black kitten, has since passed. Max, the ginger and white kitten, is alive and well. Max has to supervise everything.
For nearly sixty years, I’ve been exploring the creative world one stitch, smudge, and experiment at a time. I’m a mixed media artist who works with whatever catches my curiosity—fabric, paint, thread, paper, found bits, and the occasional “what happens if I…?” moment.
My path began at eight years old with two Christmas gifts: a sewing machine and an Easy Bake Oven. The dolls never interested me much, but dressing them did. The mixes from the oven didn’t cut it either—I preferred baking from scratch. Those gifts set the tone for everything that followed: curiosity, independence, and an enduring love for making things my own way.
Over the decades I’ve embroidered, quilted, beaded, dyed, painted, stitched, ripped, and rebuilt. My work has appeared in Traditional Quilting Magazine and the book 1000 Artist Trading Cards (page 220, #777), and it’s traveled farther than I have—shown as far away as Australia.
Now, through Art Krannie, I share what I’ve learned—and what I’m still learning. My classes aren’t about perfection; they’re about process. I encourage mistakes, experiments, and the happy accidents that lead to real discovery.
You’ll find me teaching with humor, patience, and the same sense of wonder that’s kept me creating for six decades. Whether you’re stitching for the first time or pushing boundaries with new materials, my goal is simple: to help you make art that feels like you.
And yes—just like in the studio—I still cook from scratch.