I was born and raised in Libby, Montana.  Libby is a small town located in the mountains of Northwest Montana.  In 2003, I completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting at Harding University. That August, I moved to Wuhan, China. It was here that I met Ted Dahlman, who I married.

          In the summer of 2005, we moved to Lubbock, Texas.  In September, 2006, the Louise-Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts displayed my series- Studies in Patriotism. My painting Texas Cares was concurrently used in the promotional material for the 2006 Lubbock-area “Race for the Cure” events.

          Begining in the Fall of 2006, I have been pursuing a Master’s Degree in Art Education.

Visit http://tenfeetofchina.blogspot.com to view the work I created in partial fulfillment of these requirements.

In May of 2009 I finished my Master's Degree.