As a child in Switzerland, I had many dreams of what I would be when I grew up…. Strangely enough, when the time came to make that decision, I found myself in a profession I disliked and never felt at home in.  The advantage was that it allowed me to live anywhere in the world, and to find employment wherever I went. After some time, though, I realized that I wanted to be a physical therapist.  This decision caused me to leave Paris, my home of several years, and to move to Germany, where I began my studies. Before starting my studies, however, I went with my childhood friend, Tanya, to Newfoundland, Canada.  On this journey, I experienced the joy of photography for the first time. In school, photography became for me a way to relax and take my mind off my studies for a time.  It also allowed me to really discover the beauty of the area of the  Black Forest region. My newly chosen profession was more exciting and rewarding than I had ever imagined a job could be.  Upon graduation, I started to specialize in Neuro- Pediatrics. However, when I moved to Tucson, Arizona in 2000, I found that I could not work in physical therapy in this country without a great deal of additional training.  At that point I decided to turn my hobby into a new profession-creating greeting cards using images I had captured on film.  I was often asked if I had any larger photos and I soon discovered that I could produce large and colorful images which leave a lot to the imagination of the viewer.  My pictures today depict the easily missed beauty along life’s pathways.  I often overhear people trying to guess what my images might be, and I believe all of their guesses to be correct. I love to discover colors and patterns in everyday objects, set them in a new context, out of their usual setting, and give them new meaning.  There are no limits to our fantasy.  I am a painter with a camera; I love to play with colors, shapes and patterns.  Playfulness is too often lost in our daily lives. Today, most of my prints are large.  I enjoy trying to enlarge my images as much as possible, using as many different processes as I can.  I have found that I can do this on photo paper, canvas, or watercolor paper as Giclee Prints.  Technology today allows the combining of details of a photograph with the rich texture of canvas or watercolor paper. All of my images are taken on 35mm slide or print film with natural light, and when I leave an area, it is just as I found it. My work has been displayed in numerous galleries in the Southwest.  Clients are private collectors, international corporations and financial institutions.