I am an intuitive mixed media artist and illustrator that loves to blend basic art lessons along with the necessary emotional deep-dive that my meditative art practices help provide. I hope to help my students find their own inner voice and find what they REALLY want to say with their art, rather than using forced imagery to say it for them. I love teaching others how to express themselves through meditative art. Helping others learn an easy way to find their inner peace and answers within themselves is what gives me the greatest feeling of fulfillment, and so I chase that feeling constantly through my students, for which I am eternally grate...

I have been the president of the Arizona Watercolor Association and the Arizona Pastel Artists Association. I have taught at Glendale Park District, Washington Community Center, Gilbert Senior CenterCollege Mesa Community College. I enjoy teaching all ages the joy and freedom of art.....especially beginners and sometimes adults need to be helped to discover their inner child and free themselves from their inner critic.

I can teach a student how to draw a face.. once you learn how to draw faces you can draw anything.. I enjoy teaching how to draw and or painting a picture on canvas. I can show you simple ways on how to draw a face, eyes, lips and noses. How to turn a smaller picture (that you would like to paint) and enlarge it on any canvas size to your liking.

We are documenting, creating and sharing art. Our focus began as Native-American and Latino art then we moved into all tyoes of interesting art and artists from the Southwest. We also created a Native-American Opera, "Kokopelli the Legend" in 2016, see on YouTube: Kokopelli Hilites, Kokopelli Opera and Kokopelli Legend. We represent Jim Covarrubias, storyteller, painting performer (see Jim Covarrubias paints Miles Davis on YouTube). His art is at covarrubiascollection.com.

I am experienced an trained in both drawing and painting. My subject matter includes, mastering the portrait, human figures, landscapes, still life and animals. Anything you wish to draw or paint, I can help you improve your skills. I have a passion for painting something ordinary and making it extraordinary on canvas or paper. My expertise is portrait and figure painting. I enjoy the challenge of painting the human figure accurately, making the human figure come to life. I love color, I use it in a way that is attractive in a way that people who know my work, recognize my paintings immediately.

Scottsdale Artists' School, founded in 1983 and located in Scottsdale, Arizona, is an established non-profit organization offering over 160 art workshops and classes to more than 3,500 students yearly. The school provides high-quality art programs for artists of all skill levels, from absolute beginners to advanced, taught by nationally-recognized artists. Alongside their adult classes, they also run a Youth Academy for young artists aged 6-19. The school, housed in a beautifully restored old schoolhouse, is committed to enriching the community through artistic development and teaching the fundamentals of fine art.