I have been drawing and painting all my life but became captivated by silk painting six years ago when my daughter got married. After failing to find just the right thing to wear I decided to make it myself. I ordered some supplies and made a beautiful scarf to accompany the dress I also made. I fell in love with the art form then, and have been creating unique silk art ever since.

I am inspired by the colors and patterns found in nature. I love taking a tiny part of something and blowing it up to abstraction on a piece of silk.

Dharma Trading Company is a wonderful resource. I find everything I need there including silk scarves, Jacquard Green Label dyes, Tinfix, and DuPont silk dyes, Millsoft, Jacquard water based clear and metallic resists, and assorted tools.

To see more of my work please visit aurasilks.com.