A self-taught artist, she has been painting since 2004. She counts among her influences the "Color Field":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Field movement, the region of New England, Japanese minimalist painters, "Dale Chihuly":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Chihuly, "Franz Kline":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kline, and "Francis Bacon":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon_(artist).