One day in college, my professor paused behind my lab partner and me as we painstakingly titrated our water sample. He asked my lab partner, "So you want to be a scientist?" She nodded, smiling. Peering over my shoulder as I recorded our result using my personal color- and font- coded notation system, he joked, "And you want to be an artist."
At the time, I was irked. But I slowly realized that, as much as I enjoyed the challenges of environmental science, what kept me up till 3am was art and web design. I now work as a graphic designer at an environmental consulting firm.
Influences
I adore art nouveau and pop surrealism, and my favorite artists are Alphons Mucha, Audrey Kawasaki, Edward Gorey, and James Jean. See an inspiration map with more of my favorite artists at DeviantArt.
Who I Am
The luscious moss of the Pacific Northwest seduced me away from the SF Bay Area, and I love to hike and photograph our local mountains. I'm an unrepentant geek, dosing myself with sci-fi by the pound and reviewing comic books for my hometown library. I wrote books for fun twice; don't ask when I'll be done rewriting. I design my own jewelry, exploiting bold colors and contrasts. Sustainability shapes my world view; I dream of one day building my own off-the-grid underground house in the Cascades.
