I'm a fashion art director by day — which mostly means I have strong opinions about how things should look. Drawing is what happens when I turn that instinct on myself, with no client to please.

My first real art training was a pastel portrait class with Daniel Greene, one of the most respected pastel artists of his time. I liked it enough that it took me thirty-odd years to get back to it. In between: Parsons, a design agency in Dallas, a lot of photo shoots. Turns out watching bodies move in front of a camera for that long teaches you a thing or two about light and shape.

Lately I've been layering portraits with collaged paper — building them up in pieces. It's slower than art direction. I like that about it.