As I travel on my journey around the sun I have learned to spin fibers, dye yarns and weave my thoughts and ideas.    I have learned from masters through apprenticeships in Denmark, craft schools in Norway and textile conservation in England. After finding my own language, tapestry weaving, I have traveled on the road of colors and design.
I weave the birds I feed, the plants I grow, my frustration of wars and chaos in the world, and my love of place. I grew up traveling and discovering and was influenced by Norwegian tapestry weavers, the Polish weavers in 1960s showed me the limitless possibilities on the loom. Studies of ancient techniques have taught me how close I  am to the weavers of the past and how much there is to realize and learn.

Born Bodø, Norway, lives in Volin, South Dakota. Apprentice in textiles, focus on the Bog People, at The Historic Archaeological Research Center in Denmark, and Textile Conservation with Karen Finch, O.B.E. in London. Studied Norwegian Tapestry Techniques, dating back before 1200 AD, with Maria Brekke Koppen, Oslo, Norway. Have exhibited, and been given commissions, in the US, and in Canada, Australia and Norway.    
Received South Dakota Governor's Award in the Arts for Creative Achievement in 2003. Travel across South Dakota as An Artist in the Schools with SD Arts Council, and conduct workshops in spinning, plant dyeing and tapestry weaving. Have researched Textiles in Japan, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, Alaska, New Mexico, and Scandinavia.
  
"Weaving is my other language, my expression of joy and frustrations".