I was born in May, 1960 in Brooklyn New York. My empathic nature began to serve me well as a young child when I felt compelled to be in the outdoors – communing with the natural landscape, instinctively drawing it as a way to connect. Painting and drawing landscapes quickly became a way for me to find peace, and through the years I have found myself returning to this ritual even while pursuing other interests.
As a teenager, my empathy helped me develop the ability to listen to and help people – leading me to commence my studies in Psychology. Still, my creativity would not be denied so I turned to Architecture – a profession where I believed I could combine my creative talents with my desire to understand and work with people to design the environments with which they interact.
Feeling unfulfilled in my late 20’s, I then turned my empathy inwards to gain a deeper level of self-awareness. In earnest I began to develop my watercolor painting skills and to work with the Healing Art – Reiki, becoming a Reiki Master/Teacher in the process. Incorporating these two disciplines into my life has been the greatest influence on my personal healing and spiritual growth.
I established Life Enhancing Arts as the foundation of my life’s work – where I offer diverse ways for others to utilize the various art forms that I have drawn upon to help inspire beauty, healing and growth in their lives.
