I was born in New York City to Belgian and Dutch parents and raised exclusively in the French language until the age of 10. I resided in many countries, from the U.S. to Canada, Chile, Switzerland and Mexico, graduating from l’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Geneva. After relocating to California in 1976 and raising my two children, I rekindled my passion for painting in 1988 at my studio in the historic ICB Art Center in Sausalito where I work full time. My work has been exhibited in local galleries and Internationally at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, in Stockholm, Sweden, and in a solo show in Santiago, Chile.