Upon completing her degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design, her goal was to be able to make a living by traveling and making art. Touring Egypt in 1979, she acquired a taste for a foreign culture. In 1985 she began working as an artist for the University of Chicago’s archaeological project in Luxor and has spent the last 25 winters there drawing the carved and painted reliefs of ancient tombs and temples. Her work has been exhibited widely, including major cities in Germany, with a solo show most recently at the Museum August Kestner in Hannover and is in private and corporate collections around the world.