Artist
I was taught how to sew by my mother, when I was 10 years old , sewing up many outfits on my miniature sewing machine, many using recycled fabric.
In 1974 I moved to New Zealand, worked for "La Moda Bella a couture fashion house, my first experience in producing a traditional jeans line. I also produced and sold a series of Batik Paintings.
In 1975 I moved to U .S.A. and worked with the 'Oingo Boingo' rock and roll band as stage manager and costume director.
In 1978 I started A STITCH IN TIME, a textile restoration company based in San Francisco. I worked on commissions for private collectors as well as The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, The Auckland City Museum, New Zealand, the De Young Museum, San Francisco, Christies, London and New York, and Sotheby's of London.
In 1980 in Amsterdam I started WIDE OPEN DESIGNS, a fabric design business. I was also a guest lecturer at the AKI Kunst Academie, Enschede, Twente, Holland, teaching Urban Design and Installation Art to Fashion and Architecture students.
1990 to present, MENDOFAUX, Mendocino, California specialising in interior faux painted surfaces, for home and furniture.
After raising three daughters I am back to painting full time and running Cobalt, Gallery of fine Art.Mendocino California.
