1) Why do you do what you do and what inspired you to choose this career?
It seems like it chose me in a way. When I was very young I was so captivated by how light could manipulate
and shape things. That by light itself you could tell texture, a curve, or how the color of that object could change
through the day.
I started drawing and painting faces in grade school do I could recreate what I would see. Discovering that play-
ing with ideas of light now created dimension.
It’s the foundation of how I view makeup today.
2) How did you feel when you began?
When I decided to approach makeup as a career I knew I could do makeup. But in order to be taken seriously,
I had to have a portfolio. With good photographers and models. But it takes a little while to develop an eye, to
where you even know what that is.
3) What wisdom can you give to beginners?
Hide all your bright colors for the fist 6 months. Study the way light works on the face. Use neutral tones.
Then once you introduce color it wakes sense.
4) How do you work?
I imagine the end result. I imagine the finished photo in my hand. A 1-dimensional image and then I work back-
ward in my mind. In many ways, I don’t even see my subject once I begin, just the image.
5) What’s integral to the work of an artist?
Knowing when to pull back, to edit yourself.
So many looks can turn into something else if you add or subtract something.
6) What role does the artist have in society?
It depends on whom you ask; to some, we can be geniuses and to others, we can be just a part of the crew. The
trick is understanding your worth, at the same time acknowledging that you are not a rockstar, but part of a
team.
7) How has your practice changed over time?
For the most part, I have worked the same way throughout my career. I’ve always believed there is a solution for
everything, which prevents me from being fearful and that helps my intuition.
8) What type of work do you most enjoying doing?
I enjoy challenges and having to think thing through and come up with something that will work. Everything I
do is well thought out therefore, things that require no thinking are least enjoyable.