A love of Norwegian rosemaling and the desire to keep the artform vibrant and active in my family keeps me painting every day. My mother, also a rosemaler, inspired me to start rosemaling in back in 1980s. I started painting again, this time with my daughter, in 2009 when we began taking classes together locally at first and then our studies have taken us to neighboring states for more variety of styles and teachers.

In 2023, my love of dollhouses and rosemaling came together when I won the People’s choice award at Vesterheim’s Special Embellishment Exhibition.  Who says a 77 year old can’t play with dollhouses? I continue to learn from artists who are willing to share their enthusiasm and knowledge. 

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I am a third generation rosemaler, not a lot of people can say that an artform runs in their genes but I can. I have loved growing up surrounded by painters and enjoy taking many trips with my mom to study with new teachers or new styles and sometimes both. We took our studies abroad in 2025 and was able to visit the town where our ancestors came from. I continue to be inspired by the thousands of photographs that I brought home with me.

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