I first learned I was creative when I was about 20 in a drawing class at the local community college. At the end of semester review, my instructor told me he thought I should be a brick layer instead of an artist when we started. He wasn't wrong but that class ignited something in me.

After 30 years of graphic design, I found my way back to painting.

Through my artwork, I seek to create thresholds to the extraordinary residing within the ordinary. Through Presence Portals that blend representation and abstraction, I hope to invite viewers to pause in the space between feeling and interpreting.

I believe everyday life is a portal to magic. My hope is that these paintings will serve as visual reminders of this truth—tangible evidence that wonder awaits just beyond our habitual ways of seeing. Each piece offers an invitation to cross a threshold into deeper presence, where the familiar reveals its inherent mystery.

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"I love the “Joy” painting with the half smile of the fox. It reminds me not to take life too seriously and to enjoy the little things in life. Some of Inger’s works have struck me with such a strong sense of wanting to gaze upon them. I feel they are even more beautiful than the subjects would be in real life. It is a true honor to have her a piece of her artwork adorn my home."—R.H., collector