Part-time Professional Artist & Photographer

I have been an artist since an early age. Both my parents had a natural ability to draw at an early age & I acquired their gift. My mother and I took up the hobby of photography when I was a teenager. Since I traveled across country a few times by myself (lived in N.Y. 2 summers), my camera was always with me. I was a Colorado native until 1998, when I moved to Santa Barbara, CA, then to Ventura, CA in 2001.

I chose a Psychology degree instead of Art Education, but studied art in junior high & high school, in gifted & talented art classes. From those instructors, I gained tremendous knowledge.  I am currently in Banking Administration and will go back to school to become an Art Therapist.

I want my buyers to feel the emotions when looking at the art, as I had when creating the piece. I also want them to feel they have a unique piece or art. Unique is my motto.

I believe that my purchasers deserve what they pay for. We can all shop at WalMart^® for the great deal, but if I'm spending over $100 for a piece of art, I surely want what I buy to be limited and not available to 1,000's of people. The integrity of what I do is more important than the money that it generates.

A career in Art has always been my goal, but I have not exhibited until the past few years.  I am a member of the Buena Ventura Art Association.  I have attended shows throughout California and draw for my employer in the Santa Barbara I-Madonnari Street Painting Festival. I also create mosaic tables, stained glass pieces, stepping stones, table fountains,  jewelry & more.

I have created a balance between my career in Administration and what I was meant to do in life - help people. I currently volunteer for the Dream Foundation as a Dream Captain, the Santa Barbara Breast Cancer Resource Center and also Court Appointed Special Advocates.

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I-Modannari Street Painting Festival

 

"Queen Zelda & Mr. Jazz"	"Nature's Love"
Original By WILL RAFUSE	Original Photo by Me
2004	2006

Shows Attended

Oxnard

Ventura Downtown Art Explosion - 2005

Ventura Summer Art Walk 2005

Ventura Holiday Art Show 2005

Sherman Oaks

June thru December 2005

Rotary Fall Art Show 2005

 Sherman Oaks

May thru August 2006