Her adherence to plein air painting is a conscious artistic choice. It forces a rapid, intuitive response to the scene, eschewing the sterile perfection of a studio painting for the vibrant, living energy of the outdoors. The "loose brushstrokes" that characterize her work are the very signature of this process; they convey the sensation of the place rather than a photorealistic copy of it.
The town of Oakhaven didn’t appear on most maps. It was situated in a geographical blind spot, a valley where the fog rolled in thick and permanent, turning the trees into silhouettes and the streetlamps into dim, floating orbs. People came to Oakhaven to disappear, or perhaps to find things that had been lost in the hurry of the modern world.
: She has been a featured guest at events such as "Friendraisers" hosted by the Cummer-Nassau in partnership with the Story & Song Center for Arts & Culture .
She refined her techniques at the Leo Marchutz School of Painting and Drawing in Aix, grounding her work in direct observation.