Meet the Artisan

• BS in Interior Design, 1985
• In & Out of Interior Design work ever since.
• Owner & Designer of a Custom Home Furnishings Studio, 2002-2019

My Vision: No two Leopards share the same spots and no two homes should either.

Your home ought to say something about you: your tastes, your history, the way you actually live. That belief has guided The Teal Leopard since 2017.

It began at my sewing table with pillows, table linens, tote bags and holiday stockings, many cut from carefully chosen upcycled fabrics. Years of custom work had spoiled me. I kept noticing thin fabrics and missing details in ordinary home decor, so I made pieces the way custom work is made: designer-quality fabrics, handcrafted details, and plenty of one-of-a-kind and limited edition finds.

I believe the best rooms feel collected, not matched.

Since 2020, two things pulled me away from the sewing table: a broken wrist, and illness in my family. The wrist took some of the fine control I once had, and it still shows in my sketching. I still wanted to serve my customers, so I turned back to the computer, where my graphic design skills could pick up what my hand set down. Soon I was creating art that a print partner could put on products and ship straight to you.

The art starts with my own concepts and vision, shaped with AI and finished by hand through digital editing. I like to say so plainly.

A great-uncle of mine gave me an idea I have never put down: art shouldn't only hang on walls. It should be lived with. So my art goes on the things you touch every day, like pillows, linens, ornaments, and cards.

Now the studio holds both: needle and thread on one side, frost dragons and snow leopards on the other. Somewhere nearby is Merlin, my cat supervising.