"Every Piece of Art is a Piece of an Artist." - me
You might not think it, but every piece of art has motivation, emotion, intent, and some poor schmuck hunching over it, working tirelessly until it conveys whatever the artist was attempting to express. The artist is in there, whether you can readily see it or not. Most of my images have NOTHING to do with the nudes you see on the surface. I prefer to work with veiled expressions, whether I focus on color, or a slight expression on the face, or the posture- the nudes are just what I'm good at, the real "expression" well, it's hard to see past the tits lol but it's there, it's always there. We don't create because we want to, we create because we are driven by a compulsion, and for whatever reason, nothing expresses it so well as our art.

I’ve had no formal training. I never took an art class. I taught myself to draw so that I could escape. Depression taught me to be an artist.

I work in inks, pencils, photographs, photo-manipulations, and digital mixed media. For the past few years I’ve concentrated solely on Digital Mixed Media because of the speed, quality, and ease. My hands naturally tremble all the time- so it's much easier for me to clean up mistakes in digital programs- than to ruin a traditionally inked drawing or painting. My preferred tools are Photoshop CS5, Poser 8, and an Intuos4 Drawpad.

I’d love to be able to say that I have a specific goal geared towards the viewer when I create something, but I can’t. It’s completely selfish. I learned how to draw to escape from a bad situation I was trapped in- so it's always been associated in my head as something intensely personal. Art is the ONLY thing I've ever had that someone else couldn't force out of me, claim partial credit or ownership over, or otherwise take from me without my permission.

I don't create art with the intent of making a living off of it. I create images because I need expression, or I need down-time to process through my problems.. which is something a lot of people don't get. They think if you're an artist that you automatically have that "rockstar dream" and want to be rich and famous and have your work shown all over the world. Not me. I just want to create my art and be left alone to discover the techniques and processes on my own. It's personal to me. It's the only thing that's ever been all mine that I did on my own and owe no one for and I protect it fiercely.

That being said, occasionally, things do fall into my lap, even though I'm not looking for it. My work will be published in an upcoming fantasy erotica collection, and have done color work for my friend, Jerem Morrow.

In non-art related things: I live in a beautiful part of the world with my hunky super intelligent musician/professional luthier husband, the world's most intimidating ex-feral cat, and the world's ugliest cat. I don't watch tv, I devour books and documentaries, play too much World of Warcraft, and am quite fond of bad puns, anvil violence, and Bad Movie nights with friends.