1970 - CAME FROM GERMANY TO DENVER COLORADO BECAUSE SKIING IS GOOD IN COLORADO. I LEFT MY WELL PAYING JOB WITH THE AMERICAN CONSULATE IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY
1970s - WORKED AT ODD JOBS, TYPING AND SEWING JOBS AND OPENED A CLOTHING STORE/ANTIQUE STORE WITH A FRIEND IN DENVER, SUPPORTED BY MY SKILLS IN SEWING AND DESIGN
1978 - WENT TO COLORADO INSTITUTE OF ART FOR TWO YEARS AND GOT AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE
1980 - STARTED LORETTA HEIGHTS COLLEGE TO GET A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN 1984
WORKED ONE SUMMER AT THE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL IN BOULDER SEWING COSTUMES
WORKED MANY YEARS AS AN ART CONSULTANT FOR THE C.G.RHEIN GALLERIES THEN FROM MINNESOTA
TOOK A COURSE IN JEWELRY MAKING AT EMILY GRIFFITH OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL FOR ONE YEAR
1988 - REGISTERED MY BUSINESS LICENSE AT THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER
SOLD OUT AT MY FIRST ART SHOW FOR CHRISTMAS IN EVERGREEN THAT YEAR
DID MANY ART SHOWS YEARLY IN DENVER, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE PEOPLE'S FAIR.
STARTED THE BOULDER CREEK FESTIVAL YEARLY UNTIL RECENTLY.
DID THE SANTA FE PLAZA ART SHOW FOR MANY YEARS.
1990s - DID MANY MOUNTAIN SHOWS IN COLORADO INCLUDING THE YEARLY RIDGEWAY ART RENDEZVOUS
2000s - MY FIRST ARIZONA ART SHOW WAS THE FOUNTAIN HILL ART SHOW
DID THE TEMPE ART FESTIVAL FOR MANY YEARS TOGETHER WITH THE TUCSON ART SHOW.
DID SEVERAL SHOWS AT THE ARVADA CENTER FOR THE ARTS
DID THE YEARLY MT VERNON COUNTRY CLUB CHRISTMAS ART SHOW
2007 - GRADUATED FROM REGIS UNIVERSITY WITH A MASTER IN PSYCHOLOGY/ART THERAPY
CONTINUED MY LONG WORK RELATIONSHIP WITH "ART UNDER A HOT TIN ROOF" IN JACKSON, TENNESSEE, DOING YEARLY SHOWS FOR MY CUSTOMER BASE THERE. MANY OF THE PIECES SEEN ON THIS SITE HAVE FOUND THEIR OWNER THERE.
TO THIS PRESENT TIME AND INTO THE FUTURE, I AM COMMITTED TO MY PASSION AND AM CREATING JEWELRY AND CANNOT QUIT
