I was only about 9 or so years old when my dad surprised me with a professional painter's box to accompany him on his painting jaunts ~ a gift that would root a creative life. I went on to spend the first 15 years of my career cultivating my Philadelphia design firm, Hansen Design. After my husband and I started our family, the evolution to painter seemed a natural progression, and since my first showing in 2007, I’ve had the privilege to exhibit in many wonderful places. Somewhere in the mix, I became an author/illustrator of picture books with many more up my sleeve I hope to shake out someday soon. I paint and write the majority of the year in my studio in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, a place I deeply love.