I create mixed media art, which is technically defined as art with more than one medium. My works are created with wood, paper clay, acrylics, copper, and glass. I begin by building a wood panel, or box. Texture medium is added, and then as many as thirty layers of acrylic washes. I then sculpt onto the surface with a clay made from paper and a binder. The clay is then painted, and I add leaves that have been embossed, painted and cut from copper. As a native Texan, I grew up with a forest behind my home and spent my childhood playing and imagining amongst the trees. “The Secret Garden” was my favorite book as a child, and is truly the inspiration behind my creations. I studied psychology while in college, but creating art is what feeds my soul.