At a young age I heard the sound of my pen as it scratched across a piece of paper it mesmerized me. The lines fell upon one another in a deliberate pattern building the structure from which the final image emerged – simple and abstract until coming together in a meaningful way. I learned to take a concept in my head, break down its components, and transfer it onto paper. This became my creative process. I find inspiration for my stories in the landscape around me, in myths, literature, folklore, history, and my own imagination. I seek to create the stories that interpret these sources through the written word, sequential art, and visual image. I marvel that it was the sound of the pen that initially drew me in but I have found it is the process of art that creates the pattern that drives me.