People Who Matter To Me
My husband J.D. Walker
does educational research at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Educational Innovation. We travel the world together tasting craft beer and share two beautiful canine girls, Sugar and Olive.
CEI Link: https://cei.umn.edu/ Walker's professional page.
My Sister Paula Tiberius
is a writer, filmmaker, musician and artist. She writes feature films and TV shows that have appeared on Netflix, Amazon, Peacock and more. Her feature film debut was Goldirocks. She created a kids’ album called Be Who You Are, wrote a novel called The Cowboy Singer and makes linocut prints for fun. She also sings in a band with her husband Richard who is a rock and roll legend, and a highly entertaining brother-in-law. Find out more about Paula here: www.paulatiberius.com.
My Sister Kiry Tiberius
studied opera at USC, and founded Tiberius Art Studio with our father Richard Tiberius with whom she apprentices, creating ‘portraits of the natural world.’ A video of their work shows their knife-painting process that is fascinating! Kiry’s husband Kyle Matthews is a lawyer - and also a highly entertaining brother-in-law!
My Mother Merike Lugus
is a writer, painter, and sculptor, currently working on innovative new techniques you can check out at her website. Above is her painting, “The Zebras Did Not Harm Her.” Her novel, Tales From Lake Surrender, is available on Amazon.
My father Richard Tiberius
is an educational psychologist and a painter. He recently retired from the Educational Development Office at the University of Miami medical school to paint full time at Tiberius Art Studio with my sister Kiry. His wife, Joyce Slingerland is curing cancer! And she is an extraordinary human being.
Michael and Loreta Parente-Hayman
are old friends who make beautiful Celtic jewelry.
My friend Margaret Wall Romana
makes beautiful paintings that are too big for the walls of my house. This is a detail from her painting, “Towards and Away.”