As a zoology major at the University of Colorado, her drawing techniques were further developed in technical renderings of plankton and other microscopic creatures.  Employment came first width Jonas Brothers Taxidermy Studios and the five years with the Museum of Sciences, Buffalo, New York.  At the museum a major challenge was reconstructing a 150 million year old dinosaur.

"I like animals.  They remind me of silent film stars, animating their stories with a look and a gesture.  Animals are the greatest, most natural  actors in the world.  they speak in elegant, universal body language.   every dog is a Barrymore and there must be some Theda Bara or Douglas Fair-
banks in every cat.  I try to capture some of their lighter moments in my drawings.  If I have succeeded with a look, a yawn or a busy pursuit, perhaps you'll join me in a smile of recognition.

People are no different, when stripped of self-awareness, pretensions disappear and they are caught in the act of being themselves.  If my characters are lumpy or dumpy or ill-proportioned it is because I like them that way.  You'll find no "beautiful people" for they are a product of illusion.  Give me Charles Laughton, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ma and Pa Kettle, any neighbor down the block."