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I thought it would be fitting to create a piece that would commemorate 120 years of the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. These buff rodeo bulls average a weight of anywhere between 1500 pounds to a ton with an attitude to match. I will be staying on this side of the chute, thank you very much!

I do not remember a time I was not creating art. When I was a little girl, I was always the first in my family to awaken and it was in those early morning hours I would immerse myself in my art. As you can see from my work, I also love animals. Art and animals have always been my tightly intertwined passions. Despite my artistic nature, I found myself in the corporate world for many years. With mounting stress, I began to focus more on my art for relief and in 2000, I traded the corporate ladder for a painter's ladder and started a full time mural business painting both residential and commercial murals. About 15 years into my business I transitioned to the easel doing gallery work, portraits and other commissions. A self...