Created during the 2020 quarantine from a photo I took of a quiet moment, while my youngest child slept.
Completed in the early months of quarantine. Photo taken years ago of a friend just a few weeks before her first baby arrived.
This piece was created from a photograph of my son. The light and shadows were in the perfect place to capture this moment.
For the past several years I have participated in Downtown Des Moines’ Hide and Seek Ornaments. Each year 10-15 mosaic ornaments are hidden Downtown for people to find. Clues can be found on my Facebook and Instagram pages.
The Varsity Cinema near Drake University reopen in December 2022. The Donor Wall was created to honor high level donors that supported the non-profit.
The Varsity Cinema near Drake University reopen in December 2022. The Donor Wall was created to honor high level donors that supported the non-profit.
This mosaic was part of an Invest DSM multi-piece project designed to connect the boundaries of the Franklin Avenue Neighborhood. This bike mosaic is located on the corner of University and Polk Boulevards on the Taste! To Go! building in Des Moines.
This mosaic was part of an Invest DSM multi-piece project designed to connect the boundaries of the Franklin Avenue Neighborhood. Frida the Bulldog lives at Snookies Malt Shop.
This mosaic was part of an Invest DSM multi-piece project designed to connect the boundaries of the Franklin Avenue Neighborhood. The Big Fat Hen is located at Campbell’s Nutrition in the Uptown Shopping Area, 42nd and University in Des Moines.
This bright sun was completed in collaboration with the 2022 5th Grade class at Perkins Elementary in Des Moines. The 5th Graders created clay self-portraits and tiles to add to the mosaic.
This mosaic was created during the 2022 Iowa State Fair as part of the Iowa Food and Family exhibit. Images used are from multi-generational families.
Tile mosaic created for the Drake University Womens’ Basketball team.
In the fall of 2015, I was part of a project to add mosaic designs to a 22 foot dinosaur sculpture at a middle school in Page, Arizona. A majority of the over 200 students we worked with were part of the Navajo Nation.
Painted in 2018, this mural makes a great backdrop for photos of young baseball players.
Trying out a new clay body and underglaze transfers.
Each bowl was created for one of my boys for Christmas last year.
Piece hand-carved with my son's drawings.
I have been sculpting pinatas for my four boys birthdays since they were babies. Here are a few examples for them and a few commission pieces.
In 2019, the Polk County Justice Center put out a request to local high schools for a mural to get into an area where young children play during a stressful time in their life. They mural was to depict diversity in Polk County. I worked with ten students and the other two art teachers from Roosevelt High School to create the mural.
