Creativity is like a magnet picking up sundry pieces of metal shavings and rearranging them to create a ‘whole’. The challenge is presenting the pieces in a way pleasing to one or more of the five senses. The more pieces one has to draw from, the greater is the ‘palette” of possibilities.

My ‘palette’ comes from a life long fascination with the way things work.  As a child I would sit for hours watching seemingly mundane activities, which passed before me.  Added to this were the experiences of discovery watching my father fix electric motors.  After leaving my childhood home, I started to pursue a degree in Nursing.  It was then I discovered my real interest is the way things connect—things seen and unseen.

Though I had always tried to find some sort of creative output for what was inside me, I first got serious about it when I decided to learn how to work in porcelain.  I took private lessons in Reproduction Doll Making.  Quickly realizing I found no enjoyment reproducing other artist’s work, I started sculpting my own pieces.  This led me to working with other media, such as polymer clays, paper clay and paper mache.  When I returned years later to painting I discovered that I no longer could confine myself to a flat canvas.  Though I do some more traditional paintings, my real joy is in three-dimensional art.  

I have exhibited pieces in Doll shows throughout southern California.

The Beverly Hills Doll Show (1993) in the Hotel Sofitel in Beverly Hills, California. Galleries.

Women In Progress at The Nobel Gallery in San Diego, CA (1995), which was highlighted in Arts Monthly Magazine.

In 2002, ‘Branwynn’ was nominated for, “Awards of Excellence”, and published in Dolls Magazine. It was announced during “The Doll and Teddy Bear Artists’ Showcase” at the metropolitan Pavilion, New York City, NY