Since 1985, when I first picked up oils and paintbrushes, I have used painting to investigate the invisible threads connecting the natural world with our inner lives. Through sacred symbolism, luminous color, and contemplative imagery, I seek to create paintings that become spaces of reflection rather than simply objects to observe.

Born in Chile and based in Northern California, my artistic practice has evolved through long study of Indigenous Mesoamerican, Andean, and Amazonian traditions together with Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and contemplative practice. These influences are not depicted literally; instead they inform a symbolic visual language rooted in archetypes, sacred plants, mythic landscapes, and the rhythms of the living Earth.

For more than twenty-six years I have explored Indigenous ceremonial traditions that regard plants as conscious allies and teachers. Their teachings inspire paintings about interconnectedness, transformation, compassion, and ecological awareness.

An eighteen-year journey through breast cancer profoundly transformed my work. Painting became a contemplative companion through illness, resilience, and renewal. Rather than documenting suffering, my paintings offer images of hope, beauty, and awakening.

Ultimately my paintings are offerings. They invite viewers to remember their relationship with the Earth, honor the intelligence within nature, and recognize healing as the restoration of connection.