I am a self-taught Southern California female artist. I am driven to draw and paint in order to understand the world I live in. When I am not creating for a day or two, I become anxious. My process is based on live sketches, images from my head and bits and pieces of reference photos. I do freehand drawing and the compositions are not preplanned. It is weeks of drawing onto a canvas before the painting process begins. It's a constant stream of consciousness. Each painting or drawing takes a month or two to do so I am...more
