5% of all proceeds for Hummingbird Studios go to support Ahlzeimer’s Association. ARTIST’S STATEMENTTo ask an artist about their process is akin to asking someone how they breathe. It’s difficult for me to explain, it just happens. I work in mixed-media and I’m very “ADD” in my styles of art. I tend to do one series of complete representational styles and then the next month find myself doing a series of abstract work. I go with what inspires me and that could be anything; a picture in a magazine, a phrase in a book, a walk outside, or something my husband said. However I will say most of all what influences me the most is my grandmother. Hummingbird Studios was named after her her love of the little bird and you will see this little bird show up in my work often.I start out with a substrate and place down any and everything that moves me. Maps, letters, molding paste with stamps for texture, leaves or herbs ground up in paste or medium for texture all for a background and then it can either develop into a realistic piece or an abstract piece. My abstract pieces are very cubist in nature, while my representational pieces are more folksy and whimsical. I use everything from old letters and photos to wire and stones from an old piece of costume jewelry found at a flea market.I don’t pretend to know what will come of any piece that I begin, I don’t think it’s my business to know. It’s my job just to trust the universe, go with the flow of and the Universe….then see what happensI've recently been featured on CBS DFWI've shown At Mistletoe Gallery in Ft. Worth, Legacy Fine Art in Hot Springs AK and I travel weekends to various fairs and art shows selling my work.