A freelance artist and designer born in Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1959, had devoted her artistic life to depicting plant life in all its variety and splendor. She is a graduate of Bennington College and The Art Institute of Boston, with additional studies abroad at The American College in Paris. Her work has been exhibited worldwide, and is represented in the permanent collections of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, and Dr. Shirley Sherwood of the UK.