Introductions

Dirty Bird and Numskull (trail names) somewhere in Oregon on the Pacific Crest Trail

As well as being an artist and a teacher, I am also a hiker. I love being out in the woods. The first trail I hiked was the Appalachian Trail. It travels from Georgia to Maine and is 2200 miles long, give or take a few. I left teaching in the spring of 2003 to hike this trail. The next year I met my hiking partner who is in the picture with me. We hiked the PCT in 2006 which runs from Mexico to Canada on the west coast. The AT travels through 14 states, where the PCT travels through only 3 states but is 500 miles longer.

I am sharing this with you so you can know me a little better as a person. This is a great passion of mine and I would love to hear about your passions so we can know one another better. This also helps me guide you as an artist in my class. When you have "artist block" we can explore your passions to help stir up ideas.

I tried to put a photo of my work on this particular entry. I failed. My work has been inspired by my hikes and hopefully I will be able to share it with you. It is small enough that I can bring it to class, if you all so desire.