Amy is a native of Cedar Falls, IA, spending her summers 7 miles from the border of Canada. She attended The College of Visual Arts in St. Paul, MN, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree. Her work has won her awards in Iowa and Minnesota. She now resides in Minneapolis, MN.

Her love of landscapes reflects her childhood camping and canoeing trips throughout Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Her parents then built a cabin on Snowbank Lake near Ely, MN which became her second home. You will see scenes from camping trips through the Boundary Waters. Her appreciation of nature is vital in her work. Her paintings are romantic and are impressionistic in style. The interplay of light at different times of day always appears in her work. She chooses oils for the richness of the colors and the dramatic effects they help to create.

After college she learned sign painting and did this for many years, then began a linoleum-block printed clothing business called Sundiale Designs. She traveled to Arizona to do art shows during the winter. Hiking through the scenic southwest inspired the paintings you see. She owns land near Wickenburg, AZ.

She feels compelled to express Native American themes as well. They're meant for healing and communicating the ideals of a culture that embraced nature, animals, and all life as equal importance. Her interests include the teachings of Lynn Andrews, Dr. A. C. Ross, and various reference materials that outline the heritage and lifestyle of Native Americans. She hopes to donate a percentage of these themed works to the art department at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

Her goal as an artist is to provide and capture a sense of a waking dream, so to speak. Messages, commissioned inquiries, or questions of any kind welcomed.