Vickie grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from San Francisco State School of Nursing. Vickie has been passionate about creating art all of her life, but in her young adulthood as a nurse, and later as a stay-at-home mom raising her three boys, she found less and less time for creative endeavors. As her kids grew, she found herself painting with them. Her love for artistic expression was rekindled and she began taking ceramics, oil, watercolor, and pastel painting classes whenever she could. Vickie has been painting for 20+ years now and has many sources of inspiration, especially the beauty in nature, people and places she sees everyday.

Her work reflects what Vickie is grateful for in life and she feels blessed to be able to do what she loves. She has recently returned to the San Francisco Bay Area and is thankful to be back home. Vickie’s other passion is to teach and encourage, both adults and children, to be creative artists. She taught art to middle schoolers at the American Martyrs School in Manhattan Beach, CA for 4 years. Vickie also teaches private and small group art lessons for both children and adults. She is a charter and active member of the Pastel Society of Southern California and was a Studio Artist at Destination: Art in Torrance, CA for over 10 years.

Vickie is currently a member of Las Juntas~East Bay Artists Guild, Lamorinda Arts Alliance, Concord Art Association, and Contra Costa Plein Air Painters.