I lived in Tucson, Arizona for 5 years and for three of those years, I attended the University of Arizona. I studied creative writing and equine science. The colors of the desert have greatly influenced my use of color. I have always gravitated towards rich colors in my art,and wherever I lived, I loved walking in the evenings to see the stark black tree sillouettes against the colorful sunset skies, but it wasn't until I lived in the desert that I felt bold and confident about expressing that in my art. When the houses in your neighborhood are each painted a different color of the rainbow and the sunsets over the mountains are as striking as a major metropolitan fireworks show on the 4th of July, I started wondering why I didn't think my interest in color wasn't based in nature.
