Arlene’s expression in her art, as in her life is very honest and real. She does not hide her struggle with depression and has often found her art to be a welcome, healing therapy when she feels her grasp on the world slipping. Sharing creative time with others by teaching in class and online has become of equal importance to creating and selling her art. Her driving desire is to pass on the the things she wished she had known when she first started her artistic journey. Over the years she has accumulated many techniques and ideas from other artists and her own trial and error, which she loves to pass on to young and old alike who have a desire to explore and develop their own artistic gifts. Her motto is “affordable ORIGINAL art” because she believes that everyone should have access to beautiful works that speak to them and should not be limited to mainstream prints and mass produced art.

One of Arlenes favorite quotes is “Art doesn’t have to match the furniture…it should match your soul! As the eyes are the window to the soul, so art is the soul’s language.”